intake and obesity. The cross-national trends, across countries spanning the spectrum of economic development and geographic …

obesity. The economic burden of depression, about $100 billion annually, is under-estimated if depression has a positive … causal impact on obesity. If depression plays a causal role in increasing the prevalence of obesity, then policy … from major depression to higher BMI and obesity. While contemporaneous effects are considered, the study primarily focuses …

blue collar work, on subsequent health outcomes relating to body mass index, obesity, alcohol consumption, and physical … higher body mass index and obesity later in life, while labor occupations are related to higher probabilities of smoking … later in life. Blue collar work early in life is associated with increased probabilities of obesity and smoking, and …

obesity of residents in metropolitan areas in the US. We address the possible endogeneity of population density by using a two … a negative association between population density and obesity and estimates are robust across a wide range of … population living in dense areas over the last 30 years, the rate of obesity would have been reduced by approximately 13% …