One of the most claimed links in the health and education literature is that education prevents from the risk of … lower body mass index (BMI) and a lower risk of overweight and obesity. However, recent literature started questioning the …

Ministry of Health. PeNSE covers a broad range of subjects, especially risk behavior. This article has the aim of analyzing … discrimination against obese and very thin students using PeNSE microdata. Data indicate that students that classify themselves as … rarely or never understand their problems and preoccupations. Econometric model shows that non "normal" students have a …

Ministry of Health. PeNSE covers a broad range of subjects, especially risk behavior. This article has the aim of analyzing … discrimination against obese and very thin students using PeNSE microdata. Data indicate that students that classify themselves as … rarely or never understand their problems and preoccupations. Econometric model shows that non "normal" students have a …

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 …

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 …