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Going the same 'weigh' : spousal correlations in obesity in the UK
Brown, Heather; Hole, Arne Risa; Roberts, Jennifer - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003981730
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Vertical transmission of overweight : evidence from English adoptees
Costa-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Le Grand, Julian - 2015
We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non-adopted, and their families. Our results suggest strong evidence of an intergenerational association of overweight among adoptees, indicating transmission through cultural factors....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518791
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Gluttony and sloth? : calories, labour market activity and the rise of obesity
Griffith, Rachel; Lluberas, Rodrigo; Lührmann, Melanie - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437977
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School meal crowd out in the 1980s
Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie von - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009298345
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Does using planning policy to restrict fast food outlets reduce inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity?
Xiang, Huasheng; Albani, Viviana; Goffe, Louis; Akhter, … - 2022
Half of local governments in England use planning policy to promote a healthier environment. In 2015, Gateshead Council … in the North-East of England was the first local authority to ban planning permission for any new fast-food outlet. We … 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
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The costs of obesity
Griffith, Rachel - 2023
Policies that aim to reduce the prevalence of obesity have been high on the policy agenda for many years - see, for example, DHSC (2020) and Dimbleby (2021). Understanding the costs associated with obesity is important for informing policy. Bell and Deyes (2022) have recently produced what are,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014314002
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Longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dietary purchasing choices of British households
Augsburg, Britta; Farquharson, Christine; McKendrick, Andrew - 2024
This report uses data on food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from shops, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to analyse how the diets of a large, representative panel of households in Great Britain evolved 15 months before and up to 24 months after the start of the onset of the COVID-19...
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Age-period-cohort modelling and covariates, with anapplication to obesity in England 2001-2014
Fannon, Zoë; Monden, Christiaan; Nielsen, Bent - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492535
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Explaining the body mass index gaps between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002 - 2012 : a decomposition analysis of socio–economic causes
Dang, Rui - 2015
In this paper, we decompose body mass index (BMI) differences between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany for women and men. We focus on isolating the part of BMI differences that can be explained by differences in observed socioeconomic status from the part attributable to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339846
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Smoke gets in your shape : the effects of smoking on body weight in Indonesia
Bella, Adrianna; Kifle, Temesgen; Tang, Kam Ki - 2021
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