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 * As absurd as it sounds, the question that has aroused is, are food choices becoming a socially transmitted disease? It has been studied that when people hear about other peoples diet they, whether its intentionally or unintentionally, make changes to their diets depending on the other persons food and calorie intake. Researchers at the United Kingdom have even conducted an experiment to put this study to the test. Individuals were given information about other peoples diet and the conclusion was that the individuals would change their eating habits so that it would match the other peoples diet. There seems to be some persuasion(p455) in this experiment. A reason for this may be that an individual might think that changing their diet so that it matches the rest of the group may help them gain their social identity(p452) within that group so that they feel more accepted into the group. This may even help society because we now know what affects a persons eating habits, with this information we can affect society by having people hear about healthy diets which will affect them to make their diet healthier (Robinson, Phd)** **. Although this information can be used in a helpful way to help society it can also be abused to damage society. So remember Barrett Law #9, beware the plausible, especially if it works. This should be further studied because it can help peoples health and can even decrease obesity.**

References: APA: Elsevier. (2013, December 30). I’ll have what they’re having: Study finds social norms influence food choices. ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 6, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131230101442.htm

Wood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood, and Denise Roberts. Boyd. // Mastering the World of Psychology //. Third ed. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. Print.

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