Dieting is Influential

January 29th, 2010 by Jamie

Dieting is Influential If you have friends that are on a diet or have high self control when it comes to eating unhealthy foods, then you’re lucky because self control ...

Dieting is Influential

If you have friends that are on a diet or have high self control when it comes to eating unhealthy foods, then you’re lucky because self control or restraining one’s self to eat foods that are not healthy is actually contagious.

Based from a series of studies, people who are surrounded by those who have strong self control may also acquire the trait and will also have self control. Hence, those who have peers who are dieting may also be influenced to go on a diet and eat more healthily.

Although this is good news, the bad news is that this theory also holds true to its opposite. Those who have lack of self control and eat a lot can also influence other people to do the same.

Social influences indeed has a lot to do with the increasing rate of obesity. However, if this is taken positively, then it can actually help a person to lose weight or achieve his/her ideal weight successfully.r