by Sarah Novak
Making progress in the obesity arena requires that health
advocates be as persuasive as possible in order to have the greatest impact. Researchers in social psychology have
narrowed down the top qualities that make people influential. They include authority, expertise,
likeability, friendliness, physical attractiveness, celebrity, perceived
similarity. Many people possess these
qualities, but the person who leaps to mind when I think about them is Oprah
Winfrey.
by Sarah Novak
Making progress in the obesity arena requires that health advocates be as persuasive as possible in order to have the greatest impact. Researchers in social psychology have narrowed down the top qualities that make people influential. They include authority, expertise, likeability, friendliness, physical attractiveness, celebrity, perceived similarity. Many people possess these qualities, but the person who leaps to mind when I think about them is Oprah Winfrey.