Do they know what is at risk? Health risk perception among the obese

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 564-585

  Winter, Joachim ^a,b,c   Wuppermann, Amelie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY   (Germany)

Author keywords

health risk; obesity; subjective expectations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH RISK PERCEPTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898006768     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2933     Document Type: Article

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