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Weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals : establishing a causal link

Tauchmann, Harald; Wübker, Ansgar - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243 (2023) 6, pp. 663-698

Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper aims to assess whether there is a causal relationship between weight loss and sexual activity in adult obese individuals. To address the endogeneity of weight loss that is...

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The effect of a 5-minute body scan mindfulness intervention on healthier food choices

Hopfer, Kaylea B.; Fang, Di; Zabelina, Darya L.; Hung, Yung - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 3 (2023) 1, pp. 1-11

The effects of mindfulness interventions on food purchases and consumption are popular topics. Recent studies focus on mindfulness interventions that target overweight and obese populations. We measure the effects of a guided 5-minute body scan mindfulness intervention on 'healthier' food...

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Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity

Courtemanche, Charles; Heutel, Garth; McAlvanah, Patrick - 2012

This paper explores the relationship between time preferences, economic incentives, and body mass index (BMI). Using data from the 2006 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we first show that greater impatience increases BMI and the likelihood of obesity even after controlling for demographic,...

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Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China

Nie, Peng; Ding, Lanlin; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2018

Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist circumference) distributions between 1991 and 2011 among adults aged 20+ in China. To do so, we quantify the source and extent of temporal changes in bodyweight and then...

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Tobacco taxes and smoking bans impact differently on obesity and eating habits

Dragone, Davide; Manaresi, Francesco; Savorelli, Luca - 2013

Policy interventions aimed at affecting a specific behavior may also indirectly affect individual choices in other domains. In this paper we study the direct effect of tobacco excise taxes and smoking bans on smoking behavior, and the indirect effect on eating behavior and body weight. Using...

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Partially adaptive econometric methods and the modern obesity epidemic

Carson, Scott Alan; McDonald, James B. - 2018

Assumptions about explanatory variables and errors are central in regression analysis. For example, the well-known method of ordinary least squares yields consistent and efficient estimators if the underlying error terms are independently, identically, and normally distributed. Additionally, the...

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Child care subsidies and childhood obesity

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2009

. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study … the impact of subsidy receipt on low-income children's weight outcomes in the fall and spring of kindergarten. The goals … subsidy receipt has heterogeneous effects on children's weight at different points in the BMI distribution. Results suggest …

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Parental beliefs about returns to child health investments

Biroli, Pietro; Boneva, Teodora; Raja, Akash; Rauh, … - 2018

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services. Its increase in recent decades can be traced back to unhealthy habits acquired in the household. We investigate whether parental beliefs play a role by eliciting beliefs about...

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Social Inequality and Obesity in Czech School Children

Vignerova, J.; Bláha, Pavel; Roth, Z.; Osancova, K. - 2009

BMI of parents on children's body mass index (BMI) values. Three thousand three hundred and sixty-two children aged 7 … important factors influencing children's BMI values were: obesity of both or at least one of the parents, being an only child …

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Birth weight and family status revisited : evidence from Austrian register data

Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2011

) studies, we find that the significantly positive impact of family status on children's health outcomes disappears if we …

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