counterparts. However, interpreting BMI variation is difficult because BMIs increase when weight increases or when stature … decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …

distribution as the economy has grown. Is BMI growth different at different tails of the income distribution? Health and … transitional processes, particularly economic transitions on nutritional and health outcomes. We test the hypothesis that the … income gradient of individual body weight growth (i.e. the relationship between income and BMI growth) follows an inverted U …

BMI by about 0.21% and the probability of being classified as obese by 0.44 percentage points. Regarding smoking, we find …

Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a … number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper investigates empirically whether neglecting … derives the following results. (1) Many combinations of weight and height lead to the same health status. (2) Obese people …