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One of America's Healthiest Trends Has Had a Pretty Unexpected Side Effect Washington Post, May 24, 2016, Wonkblog Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Obesity; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This newspaper blog article discusses the Baum and Chou journal article "Why Has the Prevalence of Obesity Doubled?" (published in Review of Economics of the Household, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2016). In particular, the blog author highlights the findings showing that decreases in cigarette smoking might explain some of the increases in obesity and BMI. |
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Ferdman, Roberto A. "One of America's Healthiest Trends Has Had a Pretty Unexpected Side Effect." Washington Post, May 24, 2016, Wonkblog. |