Is there evidence that friends influence body weight? A systematic review of empirical research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1175-1183

  Cunningham, Solveig A ^a   Vaquera, Elizabeth ^b   Maturo, Claire C ^a   Venkat Narayan, K M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Friendship; Influence; Obesity; Overweight; Peers; Social networks

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEIGHT;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT CHANGE;

BODY WEIGHT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS;

HARNESS;

EID: 84864312537     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.024     Document Type: Review

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