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Volume 357:1866-1868 November 1, 2007 Number 18
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The Spread of Obesity in a Social Network

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To the Editor: In the report on the spread of obesity in a social network, by Christakis and Fowler, and the accompanying editorial by Barabási (July 26 issue),1,2 variables of social and economic status (SES) are not mentioned. Social networks conceal a high degree of social homogeneity — that is, people are more likely to network with people at similar income and educational levels — and we suspect that they may operate differently in different contexts. For example, the way a social network affects the incidence of obesity in a community where most people have a low educational level and . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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