Social sensing: Obesity, unhealthy eating and exercise in face-to-face networks

Social sensing: Obesity, unhealthy eating and exercise in face-to-face networks

What is the role of face-to-face interactions in the diffusion of health-related behaviors- diet choices, exercise habits, and long-term weight changes? We use co-location and communication sensors in mass-market mobile phones to model the diffusion of health-related behaviors via face-to-face inter...

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Main Authors: Madan, Anmol Prem Prakash (Contributor), Moturu, Sai T. (Contributor), Lazer, David (Author), Pentland, Alex Paul (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor), Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Computing Machinery, 2011-08-25T20:19:57Z.
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