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...book combines years of the research by the authors with other studies to support its ideas. One of their most striking findings??from a large study that began in 1948 in Framingham, Massachusetts—is that obesity is greatly determined by social networks (some other researchers have questioned this interpretation). According to Connected, “If a mutual friend becomes obese, it nearly triples a person’s risk of becoming obese.” Because of imitation and shared expectations called “norms,” even friends...
...book combines years of the research by the authors with other studies to support its ideas. One of their most striking findings??from a large study that began in 1948 in Framingham, Massachusetts—is that obesity is greatly determined by social networks (some other researchers have questioned this interpretation). According to Connected, “If a mutual friend becomes obese, it nearly triples a person’s risk of becoming obese.” Because of imitation and shared expectations called “norms,” even friends...
...Administrative Board Review Committee, calls for greater attention to student needs in a process predominantly viewed as intimidating, Hammonds said at the final Faculty meeting of the year. The Dean’s remarks yesterday were meant to be an introduction to the Ad Board Committee’s findings??the report’s recommendations will require final Faculty approval in the fall, “Students often do not have confidence in the Board, and faculty do not feel responsible to the Board or connected to the Board—even though the rules it enforces...
...Commission voted to designate the structure as a historical landmark according to the recommendations of a report commissioned 16 months ago. But William B. King, the chair of the commission, said that they did not fully adopt all of the report’s findings??which include strict bans on any changes to the outside facade of the building—because they were too “prescriptive and restrictive...
...findings??published in this month’s issue of the journal Nature Geoscience—showed that modest rises in temperature dry out the bogs regardless of precipitation patterns, said Paul R. Moorcroft, an associate professor of biology and co-author of the study...