Hippel, Paul T. von; Lynch, Jamie L. - In: Social Science & Medicine 105 (2014) C, pp. 131-139
two explanations for this education gradient in BMI. One explanation is selection: adolescents with high BMI are less … likely to plan for, attend, and complete higher levels of education. An alternative explanation is causation: higher … education confers lifelong social, economic, and psychological benefits that help adults to restrain BMI growth. We test the …