Publications

Obesity

J.H. Fowler and N.A. Christakis, "Estimating Peer Effects on Health in Social Networks," Journal of Health Economics  27(5): 1386-1391 (September 2008) MS#089 (For an earlier version of this paper, with full Monte Carol simulations and supplementary material, click here.)

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years," New England Journal of Medicine  357(4): 370-379 (July 2007) MS#078 (For supplementary online material about this paper, click here.) Watch video here. For a downloadable copy of the original animation of the spread of obesity [without narration], click here. (PC users right click link, MAC users click and hold.)  (Editorial)

V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis,  "Income Inequality and Weight Status in U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Social Science and Medicine  61(1): 83-96 (July 2005) MS#066

V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis, "Self-Perception of Weight Appropriateness in the U.S.," American Journal of Preventive Medicine  24(4): 332-339 (May 2003) MS#058

V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis, "Medical Modeling of Obesity: A Transition from Action to Experience in a 20th Century American Medical Textbook," Sociology of Health and Illness  24(2): 151-177 (March 2002) MS#050

V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis, "Extent and Determinants of Discrepancy Between Self-Evaluations of Weight Status and Clinical Standards," Journal of General Internal Medicine  16(8): 538-543 (August 2001) MS#047

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