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| Title |
Health and wealth The late-20th century obesity epidemic in the U.S.
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Economics & Human Biology, July 2005
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.ehb.2005.05.003 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jay L. Zagorsky |
| Abstract |
Obesity is a rapidly growing public health issue. This paper investigates obesity's relationship to individuals' wealth by analyzing data from a large U.S. longitudinal socio-economic survey. The results show a large negative association between BMI and White female's net worth, a smaller negative association for Black women and White males and no relationship for Black males. Weight changes and dieting also appear associated with wealth changes. Individuals who lose small amounts of weight experience little change in net worth, but those who lose large amounts of weight have a dramatically improved financial position, with Whites showing larger changes than Blacks. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Denmark | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 6 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 89% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 46 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 44 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 13% |
| Researcher | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 9 | 20% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 20% |
| Unknown | 11 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 June 2018.
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#4,056
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#1
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