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Food prices and body fatness among youths
Grossman, Michael; Tekin, Erdal; Wada, Roy - 2013
In this paper, we examine the effect of food prices on clinical measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat (PBF) measures derived from bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), among youths ages 12 through 18. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763252
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Fast-food restaurant advertising on television and its influence on youth body composition
Grossman, Michael; Tekin, Erdal; Wada, Roy - 2012
measured by percentage body fat (PBF) and to assess the sensitivity of these effects to using conventional measures of youth … from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and data on local fast-food restaurant advertising on television from … number of youth exposed to fast-food advertising on television but would still result in non-trivial reductions in obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681274
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Effects of weight on adolescent educational attainment
Kaestner, Robert; Grossman, Michael; Yarnoff, Benjamin - 2009
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of teens between the ages of 14 and 18 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003844300
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Fast-food restaurant advertising on television and its influence on childhood obesity
Chou, Shin-yi; Rashad, Inas; Grossman, Michael - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003262037
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An investigation of the effects of alcohol policies on youth STDs
Grossman, Michael; Kaestner, Robert; Markowitz, Sara - 2004
diseases among youth. Previous research has shown that risky sexual practices (e.g., unprotected sex and multiple partners …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002496830
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Get high and get stupid : the effect of alcolhol and marijuana use on teen sexual behavior
Grossman, Michael; Kaestner, Robert; Markowitz, Sara - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001700674
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I did what last night?!!! : Adolescent risky sexual behaviors and substance use
Grossman, Michael; Markowitz, Sara - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001704727
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Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and its Influence on Youth Body Composition
Grossman, Michael - 2012
measured by percentage body fat (PBF) and to assess the sensitivity of these effects to using conventional measures of youth … from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and data on local fast-food restaurant advertising on television from … number of youth exposed to fast-food advertising on television but would still result in non-trivial reductions in obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096133
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Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and its Influence on Youth Body Composition
Grossman, Michael - 2013
measured by percentage body fat (PBF) and to assess the sensitivity of these effects to using conventional measures of youth … from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and data on local fast-food restaurant advertising on television from … number of youth exposed to fast-food advertising on television but would still result in non-trivial reductions in obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088994
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Effects of Weight on Adolescent Educational Attainment
Kaestner, Robert - 2010
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which contains a large, national sample of teens between the ages of 14 and 18 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152673