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Direct linkCawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However, little is known about the effect of PE on child weight. This paper measures that effect by instrumenting for child…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Disease Control, Courses
Peer reviewedCarmalt, Julie H.; Cawley, John; Joyner, Kara; Sobal, Jeffery – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
Matching and attribute trade are two perspectives used to explain mate selection. We investigated patterns of matching and trade, focusing on obesity, using Add Health Romantic Pair data (N = 1,405 couples). Obese individuals, relative to healthy weight individuals, were less likely to have physically attractive partners, with this disadvantage…
Descriptors: Obesity, Individual Characteristics, Females, Interpersonal Attraction
