Egocentric social networks, lifestyle behaviors, and body size in the Asian Community Health Initiative (CHI) cohort.
Candyce H KroenkeGem M LeShannon M ConroyAlison J CancholaSalma Shariff-MarcoScarlett Lin GomezPublished in: PloS one (2020)
AANHPI women with larger proportions of friends and NLWs in their networks had more Western health behaviors and smaller body size. Norms for health behaviors and body size may be influenced by the size, composition, and structure of social networks, relevant to chronic disease prevention.