Hammond Ross A, Ornstein Joseph T
Center on Social Dynamics and Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2014 Dec;1331(1):34-42. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12344. Epub 2014 Feb 14.
In this paper, we develop an agent-based model of social influence on body weight. The model's assumptions are grounded in theory and evidence from physiology, social psychology, and behavioral science, and its outcomes are tested against longitudinal data from American youth. We discuss the implementation of the model, the insights it generates, and its implications for public health policy. By explicating a well-grounded dynamic mechanism, our analysis helps clarify important dependencies for both efforts to leverage social influence for obesity intervention and efforts to interpret clustering of BMI in networks.
在本文中，我们构建了一个基于主体的社会对体重影响的模型。该模型的假设基于生理学、社会心理学和行为科学的理论与证据，其结果通过美国青少年的纵向数据进行检验。我们讨论了该模型的实施、所产生的见解及其对公共卫生政策的影响。通过阐述一个有充分依据的动态机制，我们的分析有助于阐明在利用社会影响进行肥胖干预以及解释网络中体重指数聚类方面的重要依存关系。
