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@article{Miraldo:2017:10.1515/bejeap-2016-0081,
author = {Miraldo, M and Galizzi, MM},
doi = {10.1515/bejeap-2016-0081},
journal = {B E JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS & POLICY},
title = {Are You What You Eat? Healthy Behaviour and Risk Preferences},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2016-0081},
volume = {17},
year = {2017}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We elicit and estimate risk preferences for a pool of young adults in the UK, and explore their links with healthy eating and risky health behaviours. We construct the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) as an overall indicator of nutritional quality, and we use it to complement the body mass index BMI. While for females we find no significant association between the BMI and risk preferences, males with high BMI appear more risk-seeking. However, this association disappears when controlling for the quality of the diet. For males, the HEI is significantly associated with risk preferences. Males smoking status is not associated with risk preferences.
AU - Miraldo,M
AU - Galizzi,MM
DO - 10.1515/bejeap-2016-0081
PY - 2017///
SN - 1935-1682
TI - Are You What You Eat? Healthy Behaviour and Risk Preferences
T2 - B E JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS & POLICY
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2016-0081
UR - https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bejeap.ahead-of-print/bejeap-2016-0081/bejeap-2016-0081.xml?format=INT
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/42284
VL - 17
ER -
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