Live In a 'Fat' County? If Overweight, You're Happier Than If You Lived in a Thin One
I live in an area (Fairfield County) where shops display dresses that are the size of dolls. Yet women in this community fit into them, easily. Not me. I couldn't get a toe through the leg of some of the slacks. But a new study has found that where you live matters in the relationship between obesity and satisfaction. A new study suggests that how one compares weight-wise with others in his or her community plays a key role in determining how satisfied the person is with his or her life, according to newswise.com. “The most interesting finding for us was that, in U.S. counties where obesity is particularly prevalent, being obese has very little negative effect on one’s life satisfaction,” said study co-author Philip M. Pendergast, a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Colorado-Boulder at the Web site. “In addition, we found that being ‘normal weight’ has little benefit in counties where obesity is especially common. This illustrates the importance o