在2007年发行的《新英格兰医学》杂志里，克里斯·塔克斯和福勒报告提到说，肥胖通过一个人的邻里关系传播。
In a 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Christakis and Fowler reported that obesity spread through social ties in one's neighborhood.
克里斯·塔斯基博士和福勒博士随机挑选了319名大学生，要求他们列出不多于三个朋友的名字，然后又用这些名字找到了另外425个朋友。
Dr Christakis and Dr Fowler selected a random group of 319 undergraduates and asked each to nominate up to three friends. Using these names, they collected another group of 425 friends.
克里斯·塔基斯和福勒先前基于同样的数据所作的研究表明，肥胖症和戒烟有着同样的传染性。
Previous analyses by Christakis and Fowler, based on the same pool of data, have shown that obesity is similarly contagious, as is the act of quitting smoking.
该研究是由美国布朗大学的罗斯·麦克德莫特、加利福尼亚的詹姆斯·福勒和哈佛大学的尼古拉斯·克里斯塔基斯进行的。
The study was carried out by academics Rose McDermott at Brown University, James Fowler at the University of California and Nicholas Christakis at Harvard.
克里斯塔斯博士和福勒博士建议设计一个综合性的方法，用这种方法通过监测关于受欢迎群体的搜索问题的搜索监控流感动向。
Dr Christakis and Dr Fowler suggest that a hybrid method might be developed in which the search queries of a group of highly connected (ie, popular) individuals could be scanned for signs of the flu.
但是，一旦研究者把这种分类打乱，这种社会网络就散去了；而在克里斯·塔基斯和福勒的研究中，快乐联系仍然保持着。
But once the researchers adjusted for confounding factors, the network dissolved; in Christakis and Fowler's paper, the happiness link remained unbroken.
顺便提一句，克里斯塔基和福勒发现，在减肥、戒烟和幸福感方面，这种传染效应也是存在的。
Incidentally, the contagion effect also works withweight loss, quitting smoking and happiness, Christakis and Fowler found.
然而，正如尼古拉·a·克里斯·塔基斯和詹姆斯·h·福勒所写的新书《联系》(Connected)所言，我们实际上的确通过距离远近和共同的活动来选择我们的朋友。
And yet, as the new book Connected by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler shows, we actually do choose our friends through proximity and Shared activity.
克里斯塔·奇斯和他的同事、来自加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校的詹姆斯？福勒此前最出名的研究是发现肥胖、吸烟以及快乐会在朋友之间传播。
Christakis and colleague James Fowler of the University of California San Diego are best understood for their studies namely show obesity, smoking and pleasure spread in networks.
克里斯塔·奇斯和他的同事、来自加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校的詹姆斯？福勒此前最出名的研究是发现肥胖、吸烟以及快乐会在朋友之间传播。
Christakis and colleague James Fowler of the University of California San Diego are best understood for their studies namely show obesity, smoking and pleasure spread in networks.
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