Body mass index, perceived health, and happiness: their determinants and structural relationships

The structural relationships between body mass index, perceived health and happiness have been studied in a survey of 700 native Dutch citizens. We found an indirect effect of body mass index on happiness, via perceived health. Age had an inverted U-shaped relationship with body mass index, and both...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2006-10, Vol.79 (1), p.143-158
Main Authors: Cornelisse-Vermaat, J.R, Antonides, G, Ophem, J.A.C. van, Maassen van den Brink, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Age
Athletics
Attrition (Research Studies)
Body Composition
Body fat
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Cardiovascular disease
consequences
Councils
Cultures and civilizations
Demography
Drug Use
economic disadvantage
Education
Elementary Education
Elementary Schools
Employment
Employment Level
Energy
Exercise
Family Environment
Family Income
Females
Foreign Countries
Happiness
Health
Health Promotion
Health services
Lifestyles. Everyday life
Low Income
Low income groups
Marriage
Mass
Medical Services
Men
Mortality
Netherlands
Obesity
Overweight
Ownership
Perceptions
Personal relationships
Physical Activity Level
Physical fitness
population
prevalence
Psychological Patterns
Quality of life
Scientific Concepts
Secondary Schools
Smoking
Social Indicators
Social relations
Social research
Sociodemographic aspects
Sociodemographic Factors
Socioeconomics
Sociology
Sociology of health and medicine
Studies
Surveys
weight
Wellbeing
women
Womens health
Work hours
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Summary:The structural relationships between body mass index, perceived health and happiness have been studied in a survey of 700 native Dutch citizens. We found an indirect effect of body mass index on happiness, via perceived health. Age had an inverted U-shaped relationship with body mass index, and both education and smoking had a negative effect on body mass index. Being married, doing paid work, owning a house, and doing sports had positive effects on perceived health, suggesting that living a regular life may lead to a better perceived health. Being married positively affected happiness. The other socio-demographic variables either had no effects on happiness or indirect effects via body mass index and perceived health.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-005-4097-7