, such as the disabled, who are already dependent on the health-care system. Furthermore, the data allow us to look at pro …

to also impact individuals’ health. This study utilizes information from the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance … System (1990–2009) to explore the relationship between the state unemployment rate and the consumption of various healthy and … unhealthy foods in the United States. Estimates, based on fixed effects methodologies, indicate that unemployment is associated …

The aim of this paper is to determine if there is a causal relationship between children's time spent on media related … been increasing. It has been suggested in the literature that changes in children's media use is an important explanation … for the observed increase in children's weight. I investigate whether or not this hypothesis is supported by data …

Studies on the relationship between unemployment and body weight show a positive relationship between Body Mass Index … (BMI) and unemployment at the individual level, while aggregate unemployment is negatively related to a population … Icelandic economic collapse of 2008. The analysis relies on a health and lifestyle survey “Heilsa og líðan”, carried out by The …

Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …