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Finally, there's the idea that we like to hang with people who are like ourselves. Cornell food sociologist Jeffrey Sobal explains that "especially among two overweight people, there's a sort of permission-giving going on. We're encouraging each other to eat more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Social Side of Obesity: You Are Who You Eat With | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

Salvy, who is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York at Buffalo, refers to this phenomenon as a sort of feedback effect. Conversely, she suggests, overweight diners are more likely to tone down how much they eat in front of skinny people to avoid the stigma of overeating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Social Side of Obesity: You Are Who You Eat With | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...about subconscious dating rituals and more worried about overweight kids influencing their own, the answer isn't to encourage ditching fat friends. Shaming kids over their bodies could drive them to social isolation, a much worse place to be, according to Salvy. Her previous research found that overweight teens eat an average of 400 calories more when they're alone, compared with when they're in the company of friends of any weight group. (Read "Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Social Side of Obesity: You Are Who You Eat With | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...know what to do with them. However, Bellissimo's son, Dominic, disputed his father's story. Dominic claimed that the wings were an impromptu midnight snack Teressa created on his request; he had been drinking with friends and asked his mother to whip up something for them to eat. The stories don't necessarily contradict each other - perhaps Teressa decided to serve her son some of the extra chicken wings from the mistaken shipment - but all three Bellissimo family members have since passed away, so it's impossible to verify which version is correct. The city of Buffalo doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buffalo Wings | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

Proper Buffalo wings should be snapped in half so that they resemble tiny drumsticks rather than their original, harder-to-eat akimbo shape. They are then deep fried without any coating or breading, after which they are slathered in that zesty bright orange sauce - a combination of melted butter, hot sauce and red pepper - that coats your fingers and somehow manages to get all over your clothes no matter how many napkins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buffalo Wings | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

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