Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Reisch, Lucia A.; … - 2015
This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of the IDEFICS study, which … age group. The results show that peer effects do exist in this European sample but that they differ among both regions and … different fatness measures. Peer effects are larger in Spain, Italy, and Cyprus - the more collectivist regions in our sample …