Economics & Human Biology

Title Publication Date Language Citations
Obesity under affluence varies by welfare regimes: The effect of fast food, insecurity, and inequality2010/12/01English92
Comparison of self-reported and measured height and weight: Implications for obesity research among young adults2008/03/01English92
The role of nutrition and genetics as key determinants of the positive height trend2014/12/01English85
Do boys eat better than girls in India? Longitudinal evidence on dietary diversity and food consumption disparities among children and adolescents2017/05/01English84
Stature and robusticity during the agricultural transition: Evidence from the bioarchaeological record2011/07/01English83
Obesity and diabetes, the built environment, and the ‘local’ food economy in the United States, 20072012/01/01English81
The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note2007/07/01English80
Assessing the impact of obesity on labor market outcomes2010/12/01English80
Secular trend and regional differences in the stature of Italians, 1854–19802006/01/01English78
Economic development, urbanization, technological change and overweight: What do we learn from 244 Demographic and Health Surveys?2014/07/01English77
Income and body mass index in Europe2009/03/01English76
The determinants of misreporting weight and height: The role of social norms2011/01/01English76
Obesity and labor market outcomes in Denmark2008/12/01English75
Major correlates of male height: A study of 105 countries2016/05/01English74
Peer effects and the Freshman 15: Evidence from a natural experiment2011/03/01English74
Economic growth and obesity: An interesting relationship with world-wide implications2012/03/01English72
The effect of fast-food restaurants on childhood obesity: A school level analysis2014/01/01English72
Are employers discriminating with respect to weight?2008/12/01English72
The effect of friends on adolescent body weight2008/12/01English71
Body composition and wages2010/07/01English70
Weight gain in adolescents and their peers2009/07/01English70
Obesity in Eastern Europe: An overview of its health and economic implications2007/12/01English70
Climate variability and child height in rural Mexico2012/01/01English70
Urban–rural disparities of child health and nutritional status in China from 1989 to 20062013/07/01English69
Fat chance! Obesity and the transition from unemployment to employment2013/03/01English68
The contribution of urbanization to non-communicable diseases: Evidence from 173 countries from 1980 to 20082017/08/01English67
Anthropometry and socioeconomics among couples: Evidence in the United States2010/12/01English67
Long-term changes in body weight, BMI, and adiposity rebound among children and adolescents in the Czech republic2007/12/01English66
Direct and indirect effects of body weight on adult wages2011/12/01English66
Height and cognitive achievement among Indian children2012/03/01English65