How Do Peers Influence BMI?

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2017-10-01

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Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern among many industrialized countries. Authors Meer and Lim present a clear view on the effect of social networks on BMI for adolescents from randomly-assigned seventh grade classrooms in Korea.

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HealthCare

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BMI, Minorities, race, obesity, children, HealthCare

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