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suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …’s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …
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We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main … causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index …
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conditions pose health risks and illustrate an important contrast with studies based on aggregate data. …
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causal link that has been hypothesized in the relation between unemployment and health, but not heretofore assessed. Using …-term effects on obesity and related health outcomes. …
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This study examined the relationship between psychosocial work characteristics and educational disparities in health … resources and demands had inconsistent mediating effects on the education–health relationship. Higher educated employees were …, job overload and work–family conflict. Work resources appeared to protect higher-educated workers from stress and health …
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to also impact individuals’ health. This study utilizes information from the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance … reduced family income and adverse mental health as significant channels underlying the procyclical nature of healthy food …
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Although scholars have noted the connection between appearance and assumptions of health, the degree to which these … and 2011, I find that a trainer's fit-appearing physique imbues their interactions with a degree of moral and health … authority. This corporeal credibility engenders trust among clients and allows exercise to be understood as a form of health …
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Sleeping, dreaming, and health or well-being are all closely related phenomena from an experiential and cultural point … clinical lens to compare and contrast patterns of sleeping and dreaming and their relationship to health in a rural Indonesian … become linked through social practice and the implication of these practices for health and well being. I underscore, in …
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sleep has measurable negative effects on health and well-being for adolescents. Though research has documented adolescent … shape future sleep behavior. Rationales for adequate sleep included value placed on alertness, health, and achievement …. Improving sleep in adolescents will not only require further education of the “sleep messengers” about the negative health …
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Using the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS-2; n = 1610), we explore the link between Mexican immigrant acculturation, diet, exercise and obesity. We distinguish Mexican immigrants and 2nd generation Mexicans from 3rd+ generation whites, blacks and Mexicans. First, we examine...
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