Obesity and happiness: does gender matter?
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This study used longitudinal Canadian data from the National Population Health Survey (NPHS), covering a period of 1994-2006, to examine the impact of obesity on happiness. In order to control for unobserved individual-specific fixed effects, this study utilized the fixed effects method. The study found that obesity significantly reduces happiness for females, while it has an insignificant impact on happiness for males. The study further found that the negative impact of obesity on happiness is concentrated among females in prime working age group and also among females with a higher level of education.
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Women with obesity who reported higher economic status, employment, education, health, relationships, sexual quality of life, exercise levels and body satisfaction were more likely to report higher PPWB than those who did not.
“Though PPWB was significantly lower for women with obesity overall, women who were in a sub‐cohort of those who reported higher economic status, employment, education, health, relationships, sexual quality of life, exercise levels and body satisfaction were more likely to report higher PPWB than those who were not. 55 , 56 , 58 , 62”
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The Results and Table 2 (page not supplied) show lower happiness associated with obesity among women, while higher household income, better health, marriage, and not being unemployed are associated with higher happiness in the female sample. The paper does not establish those associations specifically within a sub-cohort of women with obesity, and it does not examine sexual quality of life, exercise, or body satisfaction. Its education subgroup analysis instead finds a stronger negative obesity–happiness association among women with some post-secondary education. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“There was no indication of the origin of the questions used to measure happiness in any studies.(3,53,54,58,61,62) Self‐acceptance was measured using the Body Image Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (BIAAQ).”
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- Authors
- Latif, E.
- Affiliations
- Thompson Rivers University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Latif, Ehsan
- ORCID
- Latif, Ehsan
- Venue
- Economics and Business Letters
- Publisher
- Universidad de Oviedo
- Published
- 2014-01-22
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 59
- ISSN
- 2254-4380 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1502621656
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Economics and Business Letters (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Keywords
- obesity, happiness, subjective well-being, gender differences, female obesity, working-age women, educational attainment, health and happiness
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