{"id":116469,"date":"2009-12-30T16:32:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calorielab.com\/news\/?p=6691"},"modified":"2009-12-30T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:32:14","slug":"online-survey-gets-to-honest-truth-about-friends-and-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/116469","title":{"rendered":"Online survey gets to honest truth about friends and weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our pals over at That’s Fit recently asked their readers some questions about their friends, whether they need to lose weight<\/a>, how much and if they would tell them such a thing to their face. The results are interesting in that they reveal what we’re all thinking when it comes to friends and fat.<\/p>\n

Many need to lose, but we won’t let it come between us<\/h3>\n

Just 10 percent of the nearly half a million people who answered the survey said they have no friends who need to lose weight, while 10 percent said they had one friend who could stand to lose a few and 64 percent said between two and five of their friends needed to slim down. <\/p>\n

Five percent of respondents said all of their friends were too heavy. Fifty-six percent of those who said they had friends who needed to slim thought their pals could lose 20 pounds or more. But most people — 95 percent of those surveyed — said they wouldn’t let a little extra weight get in the way of their friendships.<\/p>\n

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And it would take a lot for most people to even broach the subject of weight with a friend: 49 percent said they’d never mention that a friend ought to lose weight, with 23 percent saying the friend would need to lose more than 20 pounds before they’d mention it. <\/p>\n

Just 2 percent of people said they’d talk about weight with a friend who needed to lose just five pounds; no doubt those people are also among the 5 percent who would let weight end a friendship.<\/p>\n

Heavy friends make some of us feel better<\/h3>\n

While half of the people who answered the survey said they didn’t feel better about their weight when around their heavy friends, 27 percent said they felt better and 22 percent admitted to feeling better about their own weight if their friends are heavier than they are. <\/p>\n

Thirty-two percent said they felt more attractive or had higher self-esteem when around their heavy friends.<\/p>\n

Still, friends can sometimes be a good influence when it comes to picking up healthy habits. Sixty percent of respondents said they watch what they eat more when they’re with a friend who makes healthier choices, and 32 percent sometimes eat better with such a friend.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, 44 percent said they eat more bad foods when around friends who also engage in such behavior, and another 48 percent sometimes do. Twenty-six percent said they think their friends sabotage their weight-loss efforts by eating unhealthy food in front of them, and 13 percent by telling them they shouldn’t diet.<\/p>\n

(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)<\/p>\n

From the RSS feed of CalorieLab News<\/a> (REF3076322B7)<\/p>\n

Online survey gets to honest truth about friends and weight loss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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