RESOURCE: The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years
Background
The prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over the past 30 years. We
performed a quantitative analysis of the nature and extent of the person-to-person
spread of obesity as a possible factor contributing to the obesity epidemic.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMsa066082
Written by Brian S McGowan, PhD
Dr. McGowan has served in leadership positions in numerous medical educational organizations and commercial supporters and is a Fellow of the Alliance (FACEhp). He founded the Outcomes Standardization Project, launched and hosted the Alliance Podcast, and most recently launched and hosts the JCEHP Emerging Best Practices in CPD podcast. In 2012 he Co-Founded ArcheMedX, Inc, a healthcare informatics and e-learning company to apply his research in practice.
