Session 38:
Obesity, Health, and Mortality
Chair: Brent Berry, University of Toronto
Discussant: Eric N Reither, Utah State University
Physical Activity Portfolios, Education, and Race/Ethnic Disparities in Body Mass in the U.S. Jarron M. Saint Onge, University of Houston ; Patrick M. Krueger, University of Texas at Houston
Shape of the BMI-Mortality Association by Cause of Death, Using Generalized Additive Models: NHIS 1986-2002. Anna Zajacova, University of Michigan
Mortality Attributable to Obesity among Middle -and Older-Aged Adults in the U.S.: Results from the Health and Retirement Study Neil Mehta, University of Pennsylvania ; Virginia W. Chang, University of Pennsylvania
The Optimal Weight at Middle and Old Age: The Trade-Off between Active and Inactive Life Expectancy Mieke Reuser, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Luc Bonneux, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Frans Willekens, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)
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