The spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years¶
Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2007). The spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years. New England Journal of Medicine, 357(4), 370-379.
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- Contagion
- Sociology and behavioral science: Behaviors, emotions, and norms propagate through social ties — smoking cessation, obesity, applause, panic, and product adoption have all been modeled as states that spread from person to connected person across a social graph.
This sourceEmpirical demonstration that a behavioral/biological state spreads from person to connected person across a social graph, extending to three degrees of separation in the Framingham network.
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Documents obesity (and to a lesser extent smoking cessation and norms) spreading across Framingham social ties; emotions, applause, panic and product adoption are not covered.
“obesity appears to spread through social ties”
- Sociology and behavioral science: Behaviors, emotions, and norms propagate through social ties — smoking cessation, obesity, applause, panic, and product adoption have all been modeled as states that spread from person to connected person across a social graph.
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