Effect of Genetic Propensity for Obesity on Income and Wealth Through Educational Attainment.

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2019)

This study provides support for the negative effects of the GRS for BMI on individual income and household wealth through lower education for females. For males, the effects are estimated to be smaller and insignificant. The larger effects for females compared with males may be due to greater labor market taste-based discrimination faced by females.

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type diabetes
insulin resistance
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mental health
metabolic syndrome
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