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Body composition and wages
Wada, Roy; Tekin, Erdal - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003595081
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity : a search for mechanisms in time use data
Cawley, John H.; Liu, Feng - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003596148
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Adipositas : gesellschaftliche Kosten und Therapiemöglichkeiten : seit Jahren nimmt Fettleibigkeit in Deutschland zu - mit ernsthaften Folgen für die Betroffenen und die Volkswirts...
Wübker, Ansgar - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung; … - 2016
Der Anstieg von Adipositas (Fettleibigkeit) in Deutschland verursacht hohe gesellschaftliche Kosten und schränkt die Lebensqualität der Betroffenen erheblich ein. Die Gründe für die Erkrankung können überwiegend von den Patienten selbst beeinflusst werden. Ernährung und Bewegung sollten...
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Can a rational choice framework make sense of anorexia nervosa?
Goldfarb, Robert S.; Leonard, Thomas C.; Markowitz, Sara; … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003829390
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Prepregnancy Obesity and Birth Outcomes
Averett, Susan L. - 2015
We investigate the association between prepregnancy obesity and birth outcomes using fixed effect models comparing siblings from the same mother. A total of 7,496 births to 3,990 mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 survey are examined. Outcomes include macrosomia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022648
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Health outcomes, personality traits and eating disorders
Ham, John C.; Iorio, Daniela; Sovinsky, Michelle - In: Economic policy 36 (2021) 105, pp. 51-76
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Can A Rational Choice Framework Make Sense of Anorexia Nervosa?
Goldfarb, Robert S. - 2009
Can a rational choice modeling framework help broaden our understanding of anorexia nervosa? This question is interesting because anorexia nervosa is a serious health concern, and because of the following issue: could a rational choice approach shed useful light on a condition which appears to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463809
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Body Composition and Wages
Wada, Roy - 2007
This paper examines the effect of body composition on wages. We develop measures of body composition - body fat (BF) and fat-free mass (FFM) - using data on bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) that are available in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III and estimate wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465051
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Can a Rational Choice Framework Make Sense of Anorexia Nervosa?
Goldfarb, Robert S.; Leonard, Thomas C. (Tim); … - 2022
Can a rational choice modeling framework help broaden our understanding of anorexia nervosa? This question is interesting because anorexia nervosa is a serious health concern, and because of the following issue: could a rational choice approach shed useful light on a condition which appears to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014209325
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The economic impact of non-communicable disease in China and India : estimates, projections, and comparisons
Bloom, David E.; Cafiero, Elizabeth T.; McGovern, Mark E.; … - 2013
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We present results for the five main NCDs (cardiovascular disease …, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and mental health). Our undiscounted estimates indicate that the cost of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792518