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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
This paper examines weight loss and the formation of healthy habits through cash rewards in the context of a multi-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR 300 on body weight during all experimental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846799
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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
This paper examines weight loss and the formation of healthy habits through cash rewards in the context of a multi-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR 300 on body weight during all experimental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823823
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Weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals : establishing a causal link
Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243 (2023) 6, pp. 663-698
Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014436831
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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
for weight loss ; obesity ; nonrandom sample attrition ; effect heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669779
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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
for weight loss ; obesity ; nonrandom sample attrition ; effect heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629768
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Heterogeneous causal effects of financial incentives on weight loss : results of a large prospective randomized trial
Reuss-Borst, Monika; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012
induce weight loss. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives for weight loss ; obesity ; subgroups ; effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670960
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Small cash rewards for big losers : experimental insights into the fight against the obesity epidemic
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2014
We complement the empirical evidence on the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, rigorously examine the potential of cash rewards to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were first assigned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461941
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Role of time preferences in explaining the burden of malnutrition : evidence from urban India
Dang, Archana - 2020
This study uses a simple theory model to examine how time preferences influence food choices made by individuals, which in turn have implications for their future health. The theory results demonstrate that individuals with higher bias for the present or lower patience will have poorer health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012234427
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Overweight and poor? : on the relationship between income and the body mass index
Jolliffe, Dean - 2010
distribution. There is a strong negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a positive gradient …, increases in income are correlated with healthier BMI values. -- overweight ; obesity ; body mass index ; unconditional quantile … regression ; Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures ; NHANES …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312888
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Overweight and Poor? On the Relationship between Income and the Body Mass Index
Jolliffe, Dean - 2010
distribution. There is a strong negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a positive gradient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134989