This study investigates the relation between early life conditions and adult obesity in France, using a rich data set …, after controlling for current socio-demographic characteristics, a relation was found between obesity and the following … highlight a definite gender pattern, with a strong association between early disadvantage and obesity in women, but not in men …

In this paper, we examine the effect of suburbanization on obesity rates. Our study is an improvement over the existing … effect of highways on obesity rates within an MSA, particularly the suburbs versus the central city. To estimate the … relationship between obesity and highways, we will use county-level data on obesity rates from the Behavioral Risk Factor …

educational trajectory on their adult offspring's overweight/obesity. We used register data from the Uppsala Birth Cohort … who were grandchildren of G1 (G3), their parents (G2), and grandparents. G3's overweight/obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) was based …'s odds of overweight/obesity and parental education affected women's overweight/obesity risk. Furthermore, men and women …

The purpose of this research is to study empirically the dynamics of obesity in Finland and provide empirical evidence … of temporal causality between obesity, health expenditure, unemployment, urbanization, alcohol consumption and calorie …

More educated adults tend to have lower body mass index (BMI) and a lower risk of overweight and obesity. We contrast …

Whether breastfeeding is protective against the development of childhood overweight and obesity remains the subject of … preponderance of evidence indicates that breastfeeding reduces the risk of obesity, these findings are by no means conclusive. The … percent (p < 0.05) reduction in the risk of obesity at nine-years of age, while being breastfed for 26 weeks or more was …

Obesity among the Mexican-origin adult population in the US has been associated with longer stays in the US and with … adults: recent evidence suggests that it may be reversed, with foreign-born Mexican youth in the US at higher risk of obesity … immigrant advantage in obesity prevalence for Mexican-origin populations in the US does not hold for children and young adults …