The significance of overweight and obesity for individual health behaviour: An economic analysis based on the Swedish surveys of living conditions 1980—81, 1988—89, and 1996—97

Abstract

The results imply (a) that the individual weight history must be taken into account in studies of the effect of obesity and overweight on health and health-related behaviour and (b) that men and women differ concerning the impact of obesity and overweight on health and health investments.

Getting Ready for the Marriage Market? The Association Between Divorce Risks and Investments in Attractive Body Mass Among Married Europeans

“…Further, forming one's bodily shape in either direction is a rather long-term process. From a traditional health-economics perspective à la Grossman (1972), one may therefore view exercise and dietary behaviour as investments (or disinvestments) in health and attractiveness (Bolin et al, 2006).…”

“…More generally, both functional ability and health limitations may function as barriers to conduct physical exercise, which, in turn, may affect BMI (Ford & Herman, 1995;Ford et al, 2003). There are also results indicating that the above processes may be different for men and women (Williamson & O'Neil, 1998;Sobal, 2004;Cawley et al, 2004;Bolin et al, 2006).…”

Attained education and self-assessed health later in life when diagnosed with diabetes in childhood: a population-based study

“…Diabetes, male, age, married or cohabiting, and non‐Scandinavian parent were entered as explanatory variables. The rationale for choosing these variables was that they are directly derived from the theoretical model and/or have been employed in previous empirical studies using the model (see, for instance, references 14, 15). As the educational level can only increase and as there is no information on what year that level was obtained, we included explanatory variables that reflect the individual's status before the age of 19 in the education regression (with exception of age, which is perfectly linked to their previous values).…”

“…During childhood, many of these decisions would be made by parents and the human‐capital model has been developed to take this fact into account (11–13). Empirical studies on the general population as well as on individuals with specific long‐term conditions broadly support the predictions that can be derived from the theoretical model (10, 14, 15).…”

Estimating the Relationship between Rate of Time Preferences and Healthy Lifestyle in Russia

“…Stickley and Carlson (2009) and Macy and coauthors (2013) reveal that marital status predicts smoking behavior. Bolin et al (2006) consider family structure and children in a household, examining investment in health of men and women. The impact of household structure on healthy behavior among men and women is investigated by Takeda et al (2004).…”