Obesity
Research from Georgia State University in obesity provides new insights
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 11th, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Obesity and time preference: the health consequences of discounting the future' new findings in obesity. According to recent research published in the Journal of Biosocial Science, "Much focus has been placed on the obesity epidemic due to its high prevalence and the costs it imposes on society. Using 2004 data from the Roper Center, complemented with 2003 data from the Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System, this study analyses the possible effect that time preference has on health in the United States, as measured by the body mass index."
"After controlling for a variety of covariates and correcting for potential selectivity, some...
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