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Jo, Changik |
Marital Status and Obesity: Cause and Effect Ph.D. Dissertation, City University of New York, October 2004. DAI-A 65/04, p. 1464, Oct 2004 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Gender Differences; Marital Status; Modeling, Multilevel; Modeling, Probit; Morbidity; Mortality; Obesity; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Obesity is an increasingly prevalent nutritional disorder among children and adolescents as well as adults and has now become a very important public health issue in most developed countries. The prevalence of obesity varies with socioeconomic and marital status. Marital status is related to morbidity and mortality, with married people, especially married men, healthier and at lower risk of death than unmarried men. The relationship between marital status and obesity, however, is not well established. To explore the origin of these associations, I study the effects of marital status and several socioeconomic variables on body mass index (BMI, kg/m |
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Jo, Changik. Marital Status and Obesity: Cause and Effect. Ph.D. Dissertation, City University of New York, October 2004. DAI-A 65/04, p. 1464, Oct 2004. |