How Obesity Can Affect Productivity? The Case of Malaysiadoi:10.2139/ssrn.3364222ObesityproductivityMalaysiaHealth careChildcareThis paper shows how obesity can affect the productivity of any country. In our case, we evaluate the specific case of Malaysia. The same research evaluates theSocial Science ...
Context: Relatively little is known about the factors shaping public attitudes toward obesity as a policy concern. This study examines whether individuals' beliefs about the causes of obesity affect their support for policies aimed at stemming obesity rates. This article identifies a unique role of ...
A higher BMI did not, as far as the researchers could see, affect the girls' mental well-being to any great extent. Among the boys, however, the pattern observed was entirely different. "When we analyzed girls and boys separately, we saw that for boys with obesity in 2012, the risk fo...
Food DesertIt is well known that unhealthy food can contribute to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. It is also believed that the composition ofdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3013342Benjamin Y. ClarkSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
A clear understanding of the cognitive–emotional processes underpinning desires to over-consume foods can assist more effective prevention and treatments of obesity. This review addresses recent work linking dietary fat intake and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary imbalance with inflammation in ...
natural when I eventually, uh, came to be a full-time economist. ROSE:Now, engineering is a lot of differential equations and such. Do you remember when you first started to think about the peculiarities of human behavior and...
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This approach allows us to examine the underlying factors which affect the implementation of international travel restriction policies across country borders in an attempt to isolate the effect of globalization. It also allows us to use ‘incomplete’ datasets as certain countries may not have ...
Most of Americans are not eating healthy or getting enough exercise. Not only does the U.S. lead the world in adult obesity but we are also number one in childhood obesity with 28% of our children being obese. This is pathetic and it’s preventable. These children will die 14 years you...
Nowadays, there is so much junk food surrounding us, and there are so many advertisements about snacks that influence our lifestyles. A majority of people eat junk food almost every day due to its convenience and delicious taste, and more and more children have obesity caused by eating junk ...