Averett, Susan L.; Smith, Julie K. - In: Economics & Human Biology 15 (2014) C, pp. 201-212
financial hardship: holding credit card debt and having trouble paying bills, and three outcomes: overweight, obese and body … mass index (BMI). We use a variety of econometric techniques: Ordinary Least Squares, Propensity Score Matching, Sibling … is no causal relationship between credit card debt and overweight or obesity for either men or women. However, we find …