The assimilation affects research from three days' social facilitation of eating by using whole network autocorrelation analysis plus multilevel linear modeling: a normative analysis based on prospective cohort study data in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of social facilitation of eating on dietary assimilation effects using a multi-method approach integrating whole-network autocorrelation analysis (WNA) and multilevel linear modeling (MLM).

Methods

We analyzed data from 26 participants (13 friend pairs) comprising 468 observations across multiple social and solitary eating contexts. The study combined WNA of 70 dietary similarity matrices with multilevel modeling to examine both systemic behavioral patterns and individual-level effects. MLM specifically assessed hierarchical data structure and fixed effects of social context and meal type.

Results

Our analyses revealed that 31.1% of variance in eating behaviors originated from individual and dyad levels (ICC = 0.311

SUBMITTER: Wu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12639764 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature