, CABG, are more likely to improve their behavior - eating, exercise, smoking, and drinking - in a way that increases … longevity. To test our hypothesis, we use Medicare records linked to the National Health Interview Survey to study one such … behavior: smoking. We find that CABG patients are 12 percentage points more likely to quit smoking in the one-year period …

height among white men, but only marginally among white women. Similar analysis of Body Mass Index (BMI) also shows a …

In migration studies, immigrant health is a concern before, during, and after migration. This study uses a large late …

When traditional measures for health and economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, height and the body mass index (BMI …

designed to curb youth smoking. Using state Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, we examine whether recent changes in state … smoking participation primarily through their effect on third-party purchase, although there is evidence that they are … smoking ; cigarette taxes …

While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …

A strong relationship between health and socioeconomic status is firmly established. Yet, partly due to the … allows investigation of whether the socioeconomically disadvantaged, on top of a lower health level, experience a sharper … deterioration of their health over the life cycle. We show that in the Netherlands, as in the US, the socioeconomic gradient in …

Height is consulted as a latent indicator of early nutrition and lifetime health status. Height is observed to increase … in recent decades in populations where per capita national income has increased and public health activities have grown …. Height is determined by genetic make up and realized in part through satisfactory nutrition and health related care and …

the 19th century, black and white BMI values declined. Farmers were consistently heavier than non-farmers, and blacks in … Upper South had lower BMI values than their counterparts in other US regions. -- body mass index ; 19th century American … health ; racial disparity …