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Obesity
Research on obesity described by scientists at Colorado State University
June 2nd, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Despite significant efforts, obesity continues to be a major public health problem, and there are surprisingly few effective strategies for its prevention and treatment. We now realize that healthy diet and activity patterns are difficult to maintain in the current physical environment." "Recently, it was suggested that the social environment also contributes to obesity. Therefore, using network-based interaction models, we simulate how obesity spreads along social networks and predict the effectiveness of large-scale weight management interventions. For a wide variety of conditions and networks, we show that...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-02)
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