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Some evidence for the nexus of child care services, labour force participation, fertility, and family income inequality of working mothers in the US is presented in a cause‐effect framework. Based on sample data of 100 SMSAs in 1980, the study finds that the provision of child care services...
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This article tests the effectiveness of commitment devices on weight loss. It can be applied as a health ‘nudge' that locks in future behaviours to achieve a desired health outcome, by staking money or reputation on achieving that goal. A field experiment randomly assigned 364 clients of an...
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informatics. The present growing rate of obesity has raised alarming concept to the communities globally. It entails several … chronic diseases that may be fatal eventually. This work aims to aid in the ongoing efforts to alleviate the obesity …
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about eating disorders and obesity. The conclusion is that the statement, which was investigated, was not true. There was a …
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The paper presents the design of an adaptive web/mobile platform, called Counterobe, targeting the problem of obesity …
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This study examines past patterns and projects future prevalence rates of obesity and severe obesity among US adults …. Trends in body mass index (BMI), overweight (BMI?25), obesity (BMI?30), class 2 obesity (BMI?35), class 3 obesity (BMI?40 …) and class 4 obesity (BMI?45) of 20-74 year olds are obtained using data from the first National Health Examination Survey …
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While the fraction of obese people is not as large in Europe as in the United States, obesity is becoming an important … Health and Retirement Study in the U.S. (HRS), we analyze the correlates of obesity in the population ages 50 and above …, focusing on measures of energy intake and expenditure as well as socio-economic status. We find that obesity rates differ …
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Abstract While child and adolescent obesity is a serious public health concern, few studies have utilized parameters … of child and adolescent obesity is multivariable regression, with the parameter of interest being the coefficient on the …
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of various personal characteristics, including obesity, smoking cessation, happiness, and loneliness. Those papers also …
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Purpose – This review paper seeks to conceptualise childhood obesity through clinical, operational, and financial … procedures. It informs multiple disciplines about: the trajectory of paediatric obesity and current recommendations; the trends … in the clinical, administrative/policy and financial worlds of paediatric obesity; and discusses commonly misunderstood …
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