Adolescent Affiliations and Adiposity: A Social Network Analysis of Friendships and Obesity
Journal of Adolescent HealthPublished 18 March 2009Open access
Thomas W. Valente, Kayo Fujimoto, Chih Ping Chou, Donna Spruijt‐Metz
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Overweight youth nominated more friends but were nominated as friends less frequently than their normal weight peers, and there was a weak association between social position and weight status.
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Friendship choices and BMI were measured for 617 adolescents 11-15 years of age. Overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends. There was a weak association between social position and weight status. Overweight youth nominated more friends but were nominated as friends less frequently than their normal weight peers.
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