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Mortality attributable to obesity among middle-aged adults in the United States

Mehta, Neil K.; Chang, Virginia W.; Van Doorslaer, Eddy - In: Demography : a publication of the Population … 46 (2009) 4, pp. 851-872

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Direct and indirect effects of teenage body weight on adult wages

Han, Euna; Norton, Edward C.; Powell, Lisa M. - 2009

"Previous estimates on the association between body weight and wages in the literature have been contingent on education and occupation. This paper examines the direct effect of BMI on wages and the indirect effects operating through education and occupation choice, particularly for late-teen...

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The impact of income on the weight of elderly Americans

Cawley, John H.; Moran, John R.; Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma - 2008

"This paper tests whether income affects the body weight and clinical weight classification of elderly Americans using a natural experiment that led otherwise identical retirees to receive significantly different Social Security payments based on their year of birth. We exploit this natural...

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Green space and adult obesity in the United States

Ghimire, Ramesh; Ferreira, Susana; Green, Gary T.; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 136 (2017), pp. 201-212

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The Trend of Mean BMI Values of US Adults, Birth Cohorts 1882-1986 Indicates that the Obesity Epidemic Began Earlier than Hitherto Thought

Komlos, John - 2010

loess additive regression models to estimate age and trend effects of BMI values of US-born black and white adults measured …

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Is dietary knowledge enough? : Hunger, stress, and other roadblocks to healthy eating

Mancino, Lisa (contributor); Kinsey, Jean D. (contributor) - 2008

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Adolescent obesity and subsequent labour market performance : do fat children earn less as adults?

Sargent, James D.; Blanchflower, David G. - 1993

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The Vanishing Weight Gap : Trends in Obesity among Adult Food Stamp Participants (US) (1976-2002)

Ver Ploeg, Michele L.; Mancino, Lisa - 2010

High rates of obesity among low-income populations have led some to question whether USDA's food assistance programs have contributed to this health problem. Using data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), this study shows that the association between food assistance...

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Short Sleep and Obesity in a Large National Cohort of Thai Adults

Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara; Banwell, Cathy; Seubsman, … - 2014

Objective: To investigate the relationship between short sleep and obesity among Thai adults. Design: Both 4-year … longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses of a large national cohort. Setting: Thai adults residing nationwide from 2005 to 2009 … consistent (2005 and 2009) and longitudinally confirmatory of a short sleep effect on obesity among Thai adults. Further research …

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Crowdsourcing Novel Childhood Predictors of Adult Obesity

Bevelander, Kirsten; Kaipainen, Kirsikka; Swain, Robert; … - 2014

Effective and simple screening tools are needed to detect behaviors that are established early in life and have a significant influence on weight gain later in life. Crowdsourcing could be a novel and potentially useful tool to assess childhood predictors of adult obesity. This exploratory study...

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