If you want to get slim, you may want to shed some of your larger friends, a new study suggests.

Researchers from Loyola University found students were more likely to gain weight if they had friends who were heavier than they were, the Daily Mail reported. However, they were more likely to either slim down, or at least gain weight at a slower pace, if their friends were leaner than they were.

Dr David Shoham said the results could help them develop better ways to treat obesity with teenagers."We should not be treating adolescents in isolation," he said.

(China.org.cn July 16, 2012)

新研究發現，想變苗條就得甩掉一些胖朋友。

據英國《每日郵報》報道，洛約拉大學的研究人員發現，如果朋友比自己胖，這樣的學生就更容易長胖。相反，如果朋友比自己瘦，他們就更可能瘦下來，至少長胖的速度會比較慢。

大衛·索漢姆博士表示，該研究結果有助于他們找到治療青少年肥胖的更好方法：“我們不應該再把青少年孤立起來治療了。”