Military families bolster the case that obesity is indeed contagious
Members of the military serve their country in myriad ways. That includes helping researchers figure out whether obesity is a contagious disease.
A new study involving thousands of military families suggests that the answer is yes.
The idea that fatness can spread like chicken pox or the flu may sound downright crazy. But how else do you explain the fact that families assigned to Army bases in communities with higher rates of obesity were more likely to be overweight or obese compared with families sent to
