Recent Work
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The More the Heavier? Family Size and Childhood Obesity in the US
Are siblings good for you? This blog post presents findings from a study showing that having more siblings is associated with lower BMI and decreased likelihood of obesity.
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A New Look at an Old Question: Does Where You Live Influence Your Body Weight?
Does where you live influence your weight? A panel study of Military Teenagers (MTEENS) finds that what parents have available at home may make a bigger impact.
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Reports of a Slowdown in Childhood Obesity Don’t Tell the Whole Story
My colleague Paul Chung from UCLA and I analyzed the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study and found overweight and obesity increased 20 percent among kindergartners from low- and middle-income households over the course of a decade
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Journey from Psychology to Genoeconomics
Genoeconomics is a new field that focuses on incorporating genomic data in economic research. As genomic data becomes widely available and dramatically less expensive to collect, genoeconomics seems poised to become a large and influential area of research.
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To Delay (School Entry) or Not to Delay; That is the Question.
At what age children should start school is controversial because there are reasonable arguments supporting both on-time and delayed school entry.
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