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Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese …. Understanding whether obesity is associated with adverse labor market outcomes and ascertaining the source of these outcomes are …
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We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK using the British Household … been spared from the obesity epidemic. …
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Rising obesity is a pressing global public health problem responsible for rising health care costs and in some … hiring and sorting into jobs with less customer contact. Understanding whether obesity is associated with adverse labor …
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) is a potential cause of obesity. We find a strong positive correlation between debt and weight for women but this seems …
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We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK. There is only one other … analysis of the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes …
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The increasing prevalence of obesity during pregnancy raises concerns over the intergenerational transmission of … obesity and its potential to exacerbate the current obesity epidemic. The fetal origins hypothesis posits that the …-pregnancy obesity is correlated with obesity in her children. However, previous research is largely based on comparing individuals …
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We investigate the association between prepregnancy obesity and birth outcomes using fixed effect models comparing …-pregnancy obesity was examined using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression to compare across mothers and fixed effects to compare … prepregnancy obesity with the exception of LGA, SGA, low birth weight and preterm birth. We find that prepregnancy obesity is …
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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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Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese …. Understanding whether obesity is associated with adverse labor market outcomes and ascertaining the source of these outcomes are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884423
) is a potential cause of obesity. We find a strong positive correlation between debt and weight for women but this seems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271984