Fortin, Bernard; Yazbeck, Myra - Chaire de recherche Industrielle Alliance sur les … - 2015
This paper aims at opening the black box of peer effects in adolescent weight gain. Using Add Health data on secondary … peer effects in fast food consumption among adolescents belonging to a same friendship school network. Based on our … weekly fast food restaurant visits increases zBMI by 4.45% when ignoring peer effects and by 5.11%, when they are taken into …