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Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women: Evidence From Population-Based Data
Boehmer, Ulrike; Bowen, Deborah J.; Bauer, Greta R. - 2007
OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other … sexual orientations.METHODS: We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups … "something else" (besides heterosexual, lesbian, or bisexual) showed no such increase in the odds of overweight and obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447243
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Economic Growth, Lifestyle Changes, and the Coexistence of Under and Overweight in China: A Semiparametric Approach
Shimokawa, Satoru; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per - 2006
overweight among adults in China during 1991-2000. Our key questions are: (1) whether any socioeconomic factor explains both … increasing overweight (Body Mass Index (BMI)less than or equal to 25 kg/m2) and remaining underweight (BMI greater than or equal … to 18.5 kg/m2), (2)whether China’'s continuing economic growth leads to further increase in the prevalence of overweight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442500
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Optimal menu of menus with self-control preferences
Esteban, Susanna; Miyagawa, Eiichi - 2004
This paper studies how a seller should design its price schedule when consumers' preferences are subject to temptation. As in Gul and Pesendorfer (2001),consumers exercise costly self-control to some degree and foresee their impulsivebehavior and self-control. Since consumers may pay a premium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009472333
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A Generalizable Scale of Propensity to Plan: The Long and the Short of Planning for Time and for Money
Lynch, John G.; Spiller, Stephen A. - 2010
Planning has pronounced effects on consumer behavior and intertemporal choice. We develop a six-item scale measuring individual differences in propensity to plan that can be adapted to different domains and used to compare planning across domains and time horizons. Adaptations tailored to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475404
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UNDERSTANDING THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT
Chokheli, Eka; Kharkheli, Manana; Makasarashvili, Mikheil - 2023
In the article - "Understanding the theoretical and practical aspects of self-management" - this phenomenon is discussed in terms of its role in the self-improvement of a person. The article lists the limiting factors of self-management and ways to overcome them, sequentially names the functions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337745
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Demand Response in the West: Lessons for States and Provinces
Douglas C. Larson; Matt Lowry; Sharon Irwin - 2008
meeting load growth and addressing the challenges posed by the region's aging transmission system. Western states should work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435550
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Next-generation building energy management systems and implications for electricity markets.
Zavala, V. M.; Thomas, C.; Zimmerman, M.; Ott, A.; … - 2011
constraints, and aging infrastructure. A significant number of technologies are emerging under this environment including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437424
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The Implications of Aging for the Structure and Stability of Financial Markets
D’Arista, Jane - 2008
Aging populations have altered saving and investment patterns in many developed and emerging market economies. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467882
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Exploring everyday privacy behaviors and misclosures
Caine, Kelly Erinn - 2009
As access to information changes with increased use of technology, privacy becomes an increasingly prominent issue among technology users. Privacy concerns should be taken seriously because they influence system adoption, the way a system is used, and may even lead to system disuse. Threats to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475847