Parade: Friends affect your weight, expert says

Release Date: October 18, 2009 This content is archived.

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An article in Parade magazine, a supplement that appears in weekend newspapers around the nation, interviews Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, assistant professor of pediatrics, about her research on how young people's weight and eating habits are influenced by their friends' and peers' weight and eating habits.

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