analytical choice model to American women in the 30-to-60-year-old age bracket and compare the model's equilibrium weight …-reported desired weights, and it defies the conventional wisdom that thinness has been a growing obsession among American women in …

analytical choice model to American women in the 30-to-60-year-old age bracket and compare the model's equilibrium weight …-reported desired weights, and it defies the conventional wisdom that thinness has been a growing obsession among American women in …

Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) pertaining to …Obesity is significantly more prevalent among non-Hispanic African-American (henceforth "black") women than among non …]Hispanic white American (henceforth gwhiteh) women. These differences have persisted without much alteration since the early 1970s …

Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) pertaining to …Obesity is significantly more prevalent among non-Hispanic African-American (henceforth "black") women than among non …-Hispanic white American (henceforth "white") women. These differences have persisted without much alteration since the early 1970s …

Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) pertaining to …Obesity is significantly more prevalent among non-Hispanic African-American (henceforth black) women than among non …]Hispanic white American (henceforth gwhiteh) women. These differences have persisted without much alteration since the early 1970s …

. Women's BMIs decreased throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which may have implications for the health and … women's BMIs in the US and how they varied with economic development. This study shows that after controlling for … characteristics, African-American women had greater BMIs than lighter complexioned black and white women. Women from the Southwest …

-unitary household models of family behavior posit that an increase in women's bargaining power can influence child health. We study the … to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of … children. In addition, we find evidence consistent with a channel that the policy improved the women's intrahousehold …

Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial … Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings … the policy bolstered women's intra-household bargaining power, resulting in downstream benefits through enhanced parental …