First-year college students' weight change is influenced by their randomly assigned roommates' BMI.

Irene van WoerdenDaniel HruschkaAlexandra BrewisDavid R SchaeferMeg Bruening

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Randomly assigned roommates influenced each other's weight trajectories. This clarifies that BMI convergence can occur outside of friend selection or shared environments mechanisms.

Keyphrases

body mass index
weight gain
weight loss
physical activity
depressive symptoms
body weight