About the Authors

Jason P. Block

jason_block@harvardpilgrim.org

Affiliation Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

S. V. Subramanian

Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicholas A. Christakis

Affiliation Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

A. James O’Malley

Affiliation Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPB SVS NAC AJO. Analyzed the data: JPB SVS AJO. Wrote the paper: JPB SVS NAC AJO.