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lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …
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We use data from the The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and from the Health and Retirement Study to explore how the the effect of individuals' genetic predisposition to higher BMI - measured by BMI polygenic scores - changes over the life-cycle for several cohorts. We...
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excess weight, including overweight and obesity, from 1993 to 2014. First, we show that the proportions of overweight and … growth of excess weight. Using the concentration index we find that prevalence of overweight and obesity affected …
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explore if this policy is associated with changes in inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity at age 10/11 by area … level deprivation. Data on childhood overweight and obesity came from the National Child Measurement Programme for 2011 … childhood overweight and obesity rates between Gateshead and five other local authorities in the North-East of England which did …
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explore if this policy is associated with changes in inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity at age 10/11 by area … level deprivation. Data on childhood overweight and obesity came from the National Child Measurement Programme for 2011 … childhood overweight and obesity rates between Gateshead and five other local authorities in the North-East of England which did …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471322
In this paper, we examine the effect of food prices on clinical measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI … on obesity among youths. We also examine whether the effects of food prices on body composition differ by gender and race … fast-food restaurant food lead to improvements in obesity outcomes among youths. We also find that an increase in the real …
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Over the past several years, "obesity activists," as well as many disability rights and critical legal theorists, have … increasingly argued for the inclusion of obesity as a "disability" under anti-discrimination law, particularly the Americans with … active interventions to combat the growing prevalence of obesity in America, which they see as a major health problem. These …
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Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comprehensive global … governance strategy, states have increasingly employed a wide array of legal strategies targeting the drivers of obesity. This … article identifies recent global trends in obesity-related legislation and makes the normative case for an updated global …
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lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for … future research. -- health behaviors ; alcohol ; tobacco ; smoking ; drugs ; obesity ; diet ; food ; physical activity … ; public health ; public policy ; taxation ; subsidies ; addiction ; externalities ; advertising ; information ; behavioral …
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lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …
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