The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years
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- 26 July 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 357 (4) , 370-379
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa066082
Abstract
The prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over the past 30 years. We performed a quantitative analysis of the nature and extent of the person-to-person spread of obesity as a possible factor contributing to the obesity epidemic.Keywords
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