In this paper I discuss overweight and obesity and their repercussions on health deficit accumulation and longevity in … eating behavior on weight gain and health, exercises to lose weight, invests money to improve health and saves for health …

consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of … increases a woman's probability of having a CS. Also, delivery-related birth outcomes improve: maternal mortality, birth …

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 …

neglecting its potential effects on health and human capital. Several medical studies provide evidence of important associations … between sleep deprivation and health outcomes suggesting a large impact on health care systems and individual productivity … design to identify the effects of sleep on health status, weight, and cognitive abilities. Our results suggest that delaying …

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 …