Exercise contagion in a global social network

Some argue that health-related behaviours, such as obesity, are contagious, but empirical evidence of health contagion remains inconclusive. Here, using a large scale quasi-experiment in a global network of runners, Aral and Nicolaides show that this type of contagion exists in fitness behaviours.

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Autores principales: Sinan Aral, Christos Nicolaides
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:38f276131ff14900890cce5839bde4032021-12-02T15:38:34ZExercise contagion in a global social network10.1038/ncomms147532041-1723https://doaj.org/article/38f276131ff14900890cce5839bde4032017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14753https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Some argue that health-related behaviours, such as obesity, are contagious, but empirical evidence of health contagion remains inconclusive. Here, using a large scale quasi-experiment in a global network of runners, Aral and Nicolaides show that this type of contagion exists in fitness behaviours.Sinan AralChristos NicolaidesNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
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Exercise contagion in a global social network
description Some argue that health-related behaviours, such as obesity, are contagious, but empirical evidence of health contagion remains inconclusive. Here, using a large scale quasi-experiment in a global network of runners, Aral and Nicolaides show that this type of contagion exists in fitness behaviours.
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