Psychology Prof. Arlen Moller co-authors "Social embeddedness in an online weight management programme is linked to greater weight loss"
Psychology Prof. Arlen Moller co-authored an article titled, "Social embeddedness in an online weight management programme is linked to greater weight loss," which was recently published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
The abstract for this article reads in part, "The obesity epidemic is heightening chronic disease risk globally. Online weight management (OWM) communities could potentially promote weight loss among large numbers of people at low cost. Because little is known about the impact of these online communities, we examined the relationship between individual and social network variables, and weight loss in a large, international OWM programme.:
This same research was also reported on in The Economist, which provides a succinct overview and context for their findings.
