Should you avoid eating out with friends who are fat ? ..LOL...

Do you think if you have a meal with an over weight friend, you might be influence to eat more?
My colleague swear by it ! She said there's even a study to prove it! I go .....huh....?

This so call study claim that the presence of a fat person derail our intentions to eat 'healthier'. Like all studies, it's rather bias, they can't even pinpoint the reason why. But offhand I can think of some sub-conscious influences on how much people eat:

1)Maybe with company, it's more fun, we are happier, so we eat more.
2)We might encounter cues that might prime us to want to indulge. E.g smells, or what our friends are eating.
3) The food look really delicious & taste even better...lol....

I think the above 3 reasons makes more sense than just being influence by the size of the eating companion! So don't worry if you are heavy, you are not sabotaging your other friends....lol.... However it's still better if you can lose a few kg, just to look good & be healthier :))