Obesity spreads from person to person, study finds People were most likely to become obese when a friend became obese. There was no effect when a neighbor gained or lost weight, however, and family members had less influence than friends.
Ancient folk herbs show new promise "There's a reason why traditional healer chose the plants they did, why they prepared them the way they did. The fact that we can somewhat validate ancient knowledge is cool because a lot of this ancient knowledge is disappearing."