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Race, social class, and bulimia nervosa
Sovinsky, Michelle; Ham, John C.; Iorio, Daniela - 2012
In this paper we explore a serious eating disorder, bulimia nervosa (BN), which afflicts a surprising number of girls …; as are girls from low income families compared to middle and high income families. We use another data set to show that …-income girls are being under-diagnosed for BN. Our findings have important implications for public policy since they provide …
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Evictions and Psychiatric Treatment
Bradford, Ashley; Maclean, Johanna Catherine - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Stable housing is critical for health, employment, education, and other social outcomes. Evictions reflect a form of housing instability that is experienced by millions of Americans each year. Inadequately treated psychiatric disorders have the potential to influence evictions in several ways....
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The effects of COVID-19 lockdown on the body weight and lifestyle behaviors of US adults
Sung, Jaesang; Davis, Will; Qiu, Qihua - In: Southern economic journal 90 (2024) 4, pp. 900-948
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The importance of product reformulation versus consumer choice in improving diet quality
Griffith, Rachel; O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate - 2014
Improving diet quality has been a major target of public health policy. Governments have encouraged consumers to make healthier food choices and firms to reformulate food products. Evaluation of such policies has focused on the impact on consumer behaviour; firm behaviour has been less well...
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Chapter Three. The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 95-199). 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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The Sweet Life : The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood
Gertler, Paul J.; Gračner, Tadeja - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We show that sugar-rich diet early in life has large adverse effects on the health and economic well-being of adults more than fifty years later. Excessive sugar intake early in life led to higher prevalence of chronic inflammation, diabetes, elevated cholesterol and arthritis. It also decreased...
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Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs) : Scotland
Forti, Alessia - 2014
As part of a wider project on mental health in OECD countries, a series of descriptive profiles have been prepared, intended to provide descriptive, easily comprehensible, highly informative accounts of the mental health systems of OECD countries. These profiles, entitled ‘Mental Health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440097
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Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs) : Netherlands
Forti, Alessia; Nas, Chris; Van Geldrop, Alex; Franx, … - 2014
As part of a wider project on mental health in OECD countries, a series of descriptive profiles have been prepared, intended to provide descriptive, easily comprehensible, highly informative accounts of the mental health systems of OECD countries. These profiles, entitled ‘Mental Health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440098
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Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs) : Finland
Patana, Pauliina - 2014
As part of a wider project on mental health in OECD countries, a series of descriptive profiles have been prepared, intended to provide descriptive, easily comprehensible, highly informative accounts of the mental health systems of OECD countries. These profiles, entitled ‘Mental Health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440099
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Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs) : Italy
Forti, Alessia - 2014
As part of a wider project on mental health in OECD countries, a series of descriptive profiles have been prepared, intended to provide descriptive, easily comprehensible, highly informative accounts of the mental health systems of OECD countries. These profiles, entitled ‘Mental Health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440102