Change in BMI Accurately Predicted by Social Exposure to Acquaintances

Research has mostly focused on obesity and not on processes of BMI change more generally, although these may be key factors that lead to obesity. Studies have suggested that obesity is affected by social ties. However these studies used survey based data collection techniques that may be biased towa...

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Main Authors: Oloritun, Rahman O., Ouarda, Taha B. M. J., Moturu, Sai T., Madan, Anmol, Khayal, Inas, Pentland, Alex Paul
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85998
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8053-9983