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SUBMITTER: Pachucki MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3222397 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pachucki Mark A MA Jacques Paul F PF Christakis Nicholas A NA
American journal of public health 20110922 11
<h4>Objectives</h4>We investigated whether eating behaviors were concordant among diverse sets of social ties.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed the socioeconomic and demographic distribution of eating among 3418 members of the Framingham Heart Study observed from 1991 to 2001. We used a data-classification procedure to simplify choices into 7 nonoverlapping patterns that we matched with information on social network ties. We used correlation analysis to examine eating associations among 4 types of pee ...[more]