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This is an interesting finding on the apparent spread of obesity through social contact. But I wonder if there isn’t some predisposition to choose friends who are already like you in some ways (similar behavior, habits, likes/dislikes). This would bias the social networks to becoming obese (or skinny) together, I’d think, and might account for [...]
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About Brynn Evans
I'm Brynn Evans, a PhD student in Cognitive Science at UC San Diego. I've been studying how people use social web services for information sharing, discovery, and sensemaking.