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Do they Know what's at Risk? Health Risk Perception among the Obese
Winter, Joachim; Wuppermann, Amelie C. - CESifo - 2012
overestimate their 5-year risks of a heart attack and a stroke. Obese individuals are thus aware of some but not all obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877831
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The Trend of BMI Values by Centiles of US Adults, Birth Cohorts 1882-1986
Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - CESifo - 2010
around the 1970s. In sum, the creeping nature of the obesity epidemic is evident, as the technological and lifestyle changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511601
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The Trend of BMI Values among US Adults
Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - CESifo - 2010
Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects.Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572522
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Do They Know What's at Risk? Health Risk Perception Among the Obese
Winter, Joachim - 2012
overestimate their 5-year risks of a heart attack and a stroke. Obese individuals are thus aware of some but not all obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104181
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Nineteenth Century White Physical Activity and Calories : Socioeconomic Status and Diets
Carson, Scott Alan - 2014
in other occupations. White diets, nutrition, and calories varied by residence, and whites in the rural Deep South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050417
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Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century White Body Mass Index Values
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
Little research exists on the body mass index values of 19th century Americans of European descent. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, between 1860 and 1880, BMIs decreased across the distribution; however, after 1880, BMIs in the highest quantiles increased, while those in lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316044
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Nineteenth Century Black and Mulatto Physical Activity, Calories, and Life Expectancy
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
day than workers in other occupations. Black diets, nutrition, and calories varied by residence, and rural blacks in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315583
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US Male Obesity from 1800-2000 : A Long Term Perspective
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
and white male obesity rates varied between 1800 and 2000. The proportion of individuals who were obese rather than … overweight is responsible much of the increase in obesity. Because of their physical activity and close proximity to nutritious … active white-collar and skilled workers have become more obese. Northeastern obesity rates are lower than from elsewhere …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315730
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Black and White Body Mass Index Values in Developing 19th Century Nebraska
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
other nativities, indicating that rural lifestyles were associated with better net current biological living conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315766
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Nineteenth Century US BMIs by Race : Socioeconomics and Biology
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
Little research exists on late 19th and early 20th century US body mass index value differences by race, and darker complexions were associated with greater BMI values. Mulattos had greater BMI returns associated with socioeconomic characteristics, indicating that while blacks had greater BMIs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315848