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Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Youth Body Composition
Grossman, Michael; Tekin, Erdal; Wada, Roy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
obesity based on body-mass index (BMI). We merge measures of body composition from bioelectrical-impedance analysis (BIA) and … in PBF in adolescents. These results are consistent with those obtained by using BMI-based measures of obesity. The … responsiveness to fast-food advertising is greater for PBF than for BMI. Males are more responsive to advertising than females …
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Food Prices and Body Fatness among Youths
Grossman, Michael; Tekin, Erdal; Wada, Roy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper, we examine the effect of food prices on clinical measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI … study to consider clinically measured levels of body composition rather than BMI to investigate the effects of food prices … on obesity among youths. We also examine whether the effects of food prices on body composition differ by gender and race …
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The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index
Averett, Susan L.; Terrizzi, Sabrina; Wang, Yang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Eating disorders affect 12-25% of college women. Previous research established a positive correlation between sorority membership and eating disorders. We investigate a possible causal link between sororities and weight-related behaviors and eating disorders using data from the American College...
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The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Control
Cawley, John; von Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We provide new evidence on the extent to which the demand for cigarettes is derived from the demand for weight control (i.e. weight loss or avoidance of weight gain). We utilize nationally representative data that provide the most direct evidence to date on this question: individuals are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695858
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Obesity, Unhappiness, and The Challenge of Affluence: Theory and Evidence
Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Britain and Germany. A 10-point move up in body mass index (BMI) is associated in the cross-section with a drop in … psychological health of approximately 0.3 GHQ points. Comparisons also matter. For a given level of BMI, we find that people who are … that longitudinal data on BMI are needed. We suggest a theory of imitation - where utility depends on relative weight - in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762107
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Stature and Life-Time Labor Market Outcomes: Accounting for Unobserved Differences
Böckerman, Petri; Vainiomäki, Jari - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of height on life-time labor market outcomes. The use of twin data allows us to remove otherwise unobserved ability and other differences. The twin pair difference estimates from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884131
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Peer Effects on Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in China
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; He, Xiaobo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes peer effects on obesity in a sample …, among individuals at the upper end of the BMI distribution, and especially among females. All else being equal, female … adolescents whose peers have a higher BMI are less likely to consider themselves overweight, suggesting that peer effects may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959602
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Attractiveness, Anthropometry or Both? Their Relationship and Role in Economic Research
Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
BMI, separately by gender and also accounting for interviewer fixed effects, in a nationally representative sample. We are … the first to show that height, weight, and BMI all strongly contribute to male and female attractiveness when … female BMI are valued in the marriage market instead of attractiveness. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959651
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Black-White Marital Matching: Race, Anthropometrics, and Socioeconomics
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We analyze the interaction of race with physical and socioeconomic characteristics in the U.S. marriage market, using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1999 to 2009 for black, white, and inter-racial couples. We consider the anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, together with...
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The Effect of Economic Crises on Nutritional Status: Evidence from Russia
Stillman, Steven; Thomas, Duncan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
measures of nutrition – gross energy intake, two dimensions of diet quality, body mass index (BMI), which is a measure of net … longer-run resources on energy intake, diet composition, adult BMI, and child stature. Between 1996 and 2000, Russian … and this is reflected in gross energy intake, adult BMI, and child stature, which all change very little as expenditure …
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