Incentives, time use and BMI: The roles of eating, grazing and goods

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-15

  Hamermesh, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eating; Health; Time use; Wages; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74749105859     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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