Contagious Obesity

Mario Pappagallo
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Mario Pappagallo: University La Sapienza of Rome, Italy

Current Research in Diabetes & Obesity Journal, 2018, vol. 8, issue 2, 30-31

Abstract: The social influences, the behavioral norms and the image that everyone has of themselves can determine some morbid conditions such as obesity. It is called “social contagion†.Obesity is a potentially fatal disease, reduces the life expectancy of 10 years, causes social unrest and often, among children and adolescents, promotes episodes of bullying, which several times have reported.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/CRDOJ.2018.08.555733

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