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Not a surprise, but the study approach used by Kulaja et al. (2022) is interesting. They examine identical twins an examine how early adult exercise habits impact long term health outcomes. The abstract is below. …monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs discordant for health habits provide an interesting natural experiment. Twin pairs discordant for leisure‐time physical activity…
In my job, I spend nearly my entire day staring at a computer screen. Whether this is writing computer code, compiling a report, reading papers, or checking my email, I am constantly in a seated position. I do, however, exercise six mornings per week. Does this mean that I am an active, healthy person since…
A recent JHE article by Park and Kang wonder if more education induces people to have a healthier lifestyle. They use data on Korean men to see if this is the case. They find that “an increase in education induces individuals to exercise regularly, and to get regular health checkups…[but]…education has little effect on smoking…