Economics & Human Biology

Title Publication Date Language Citations
Deaths rise in good economic times: Evidence from the OECD2006/12/01English345
Investing in early human development: Timing and economic efficiency2009/03/01English327
Exposure to food advertising on television: Associations with children's fast food and soft drink consumption and obesity2011/07/01English248
The growth of obesity and technological change2009/12/01English204
Height, wealth, and health: An overview with new data from three longitudinal studies2009/07/01English176
Maternal employment and childhood obesity: A search for mechanisms in time use data2012/12/01English170
From the tallest to (one of) the fattest: the enigmatic fate of the American population in the 20th century2004/03/01English162
For better or worse: Relationship status and body mass index2008/12/01English138
Does body weight affect wages?2007/03/01English131
Macro shocks and micro outcomes: child nutrition during Indonesia’s crisis2004/03/01English124
Life at the top: The benefits of height2009/07/01English123
Long run trends in the heights of European men, 19th–20th centuries2010/12/01English121
Measuring weight outcomes for obesity intervention strategies: The case of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax2011/12/01English120
Food prices, access to food outlets and child weight2009/03/01English118
Time discounting and the body mass index2006/01/01English117
Price elasticity of the demand for sugar sweetened beverages and soft drinks in Mexico2015/12/01English114
Why does the Great Chinese Famine affect the male and female survivors differently? Mortality selection versus son preference2011/01/01English114
Was the economic crisis of 2008 good for Icelanders? Impact on health behaviors2014/03/01English111
Obesity and skill attainment in early childhood2008/12/01English111
Dairy products and physical stature: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials2012/07/01English110
Mendelian randomization in health research: Using appropriate genetic variants and avoiding biased estimates2014/03/01English109
Paradoxical malnutrition in mother–child pairs: Untangling the phenomenon of over- and under-nutrition in underdeveloped economies2009/03/01English104
Genetics of human height2009/12/01English103
Family mealtimes: A contextual approach to understanding childhood obesity2012/12/01English101
Urbanization and the spread of diseases of affluence in China2009/07/01English100
Neighborhood context and ethnicity differences in body mass index: A multilevel analysis using the NHANES III survey (1988–1994)2007/07/01English98
Paid maternity leave and breastfeeding practice before and after California's implementation of the nation's first paid family leave program2015/01/01English97
Obesity and labour market success in Finland: The difference between having a high BMI and being fat2009/03/01English97
Are time preference and body mass index associated?2005/07/01English97
Sex differences in obesity rates in poor countries: Evidence from South Africa2009/12/01English94