Young Jo
Young Jo
This paper investigates the relationship between family income and childhood obesity. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), I report three new findings. First, family income and childhood obes...
Justin G Trogdon,Benjamin T Allaire
Justin G Trogdon
We present an agent-based model of weight choice and peer selection that simulates the effect of peer selection on social multipliers for weight loss interventions. The model generates social clustering around weight through two mechanisms:...
Long-term changes of socioeconomic differences in height among young adult men in Southern Sweden, 1818-1968 [0.03%]
1818-1968年瑞典南部年轻男性成人身高差异的长期变化
Stefan Öberg
Stefan Öberg
The study explores the long-term trends in socioeconomic differences in height among young adult men. We linked information from conscript inspections to a longitudinal demographic database of five parishes in Southern Sweden. Detailed info...
Eric Nævdal
Eric Nævdal
Screening for genetic diseases is performed in many regions and/or ethnic groups where there is a high prevalence of possibly malign genes. The propagation of such genes can be considered a dynamic externality. Given that many of these dise...
The role of nutrition and genetics as key determinants of the positive height trend [0.03%]
营养和遗传在身高增长中的重要作用
P Grasgruber,J Cacek,T Kalina et al.
P Grasgruber et al.
The aim of this study was to identify the most important variables determining current differences in physical stature in Europe and some of its overseas offshoots such as Australia, New Zealand and USA. We collected data on the height of y...
Seasonality in birth defects, agricultural production and urban location [0.03%]
出生缺陷、农业生产及城市位置的季节性规律
Terra McKinnish,Daniel I Rees,Peter H Langlois
Terra McKinnish
This paper tests whether the strength of the "spring spike" in birth defects is related to agricultural production and urban location using Texas Birth Defects Registry data for the period 1996-2007. We find evidence of a spike in birth def...
Determinants of height and biological inequality in Mediterranean Spain, 1859-1967 [0.03%]
决定因素与地中海地区西班牙人身高及生物不平等的变化（1859-1967）
María-Isabel Ayuda,Javier Puche-Gil
María-Isabel Ayuda
This article analyses not only the determinants of the height of Spain's male populations between 1859 and 1960 but also the influence that social inequality had upon biological well-being. The height data of 82,039 conscripts constitute th...
Early-life environment and adult stature in Brazil: an analysis for cohorts born between 1950 and 1980 [0.03%]
巴西1950至1980年间出生人群的早年生活环境与成年后身高变化分析
Victor Hugo de Oliveira,Climent Quintana-Domeque
Victor Hugo de Oliveira
We study the relationship between environmental conditions at birth (GDP per capita and infant mortality rate) and adult stature using cohort-state level data in Brazil for the period 1950-1980. We find that GDP per capita, whose annual per...
Are chronic diseases related to height? Results from the Portuguese National Health Interview Survey [0.03%]
慢性疾病与身高有关吗？——来自葡萄牙全国健康访谈调查的结果
Julian Perelman
Julian Perelman
This paper analyze the association between height and chronic diseases in Portugal and the extent to which this relationship is mediated by education. The sample upon which the analysis is based comprised those participants in the 2005/2006...
Jonas Minet Kinge,Stephen Morris
Jonas Minet Kinge
We investigate the association between obesity and use of prescribed medications in England. Data were taken from fourteen rounds of the Health Survey for England (1999-2012), which has measures of current prescribed medication use based on...