Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/198998 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7638
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The body mass index (BMI) is the primary means of classifying obesity and reflects a complex set of interactions related to the institution of marriage and household characteristics. There is an inverse relationship between BMI and height, and height reflects the cumulative price of net nutrition during childhood and resources devoted to an off-spring’s health from care-givers. There are gender specific relationships between BMI and marital status, and after controlling for height, single women have lower BMIs than women in other household relationships. While causal mechanisms may have changed over time, there is a positive relationship between BMIs and household size.
Subjects: 
family structure
obesity
marital status
net nutrition
JEL: 
D13
I12
J12
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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