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    Monetary values of changes in Body Mass Index: do spouses play a role?

    The public-health challenges associated with increased body weight have long been stressed, but greater attention has lately been brought to how individuals are affected psychologically. This can be rooted in ...

    Kristjana Baldursdottir, Paul McNamee… in Review of Economics of the Household (2024)

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    Life satisfaction and body mass index: estimating the monetary value of achieving optimal body weight

    According to the World Health Organization, obesity is one of the greatest public-health challenges of the 21st century. Body weight is also known to affect individuals’ self-esteem and interpersonal relations...

    Kristjana Baldursdottir, Paul McNamee… in Review of Economics of the Household (2023)

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    Health Care Expenditures

    Changes in the size and composition of the older population will have profound effects on future health care expenditures in developed nations. With the baby boom cohorts joining the ranks of the elderly after...

    Edward C. Norton, Sally C. Stearns in International Handbook of Population Aging (2009)