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5.6 The social environment: reading & references

Course subject(s) Module 5. In the neighbourhood

A well-known study shows how obesity spreads in social networks in similar ways as how infectious diseases spread:

  • Christakis NA, Fowler JH. The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years. New Engl J Med 2007; 357:370-9. Abstract here.

The same authors also show how giving up smoking is contagious. 

  • Christakis NA, Fowler JH. The collective dynamics of smoking in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years. New Engl J Med 2008; 358:2249-58. Abstract here.
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