Financial hardship and obesity

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-212

  Averett, Susan L ^a   Smith, Julie K ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Financial hardship; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; OBESITY; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; SIBLING FIXED EFFECTS; STATISTICAL MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920135931     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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