@misc{10481/100814,
year = {2022},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/100814},
abstract = {Obesity is a chronic disorder associated with high mortality rates and high mor-
bidity. The risk of obesity is associated with certain personality traits (PTs).
Some studies have found correlations among some PTs and gender. Addition-
ally, obesity implies higher costs in daily living. The aim of this paper is to over-
come this problem in the literature and estimate the association between PTs
and obesity by taking into account the economic situation of the individual. This
study employs data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). We
focus on waves 5 and 6 of the ELSA with a sample of 6562 individuals. The
results suggests that the traits of agreeableness (β¼ 0:071,se ¼ 0:016, p < 0:001)
and openness (β¼ 0:028,se : 0:014, p < 0:001) are positively and significantly
associated with obesity. On the other hand, consciousness has a negative and
statistically significant effect on obesity β¼ 0:072, se : 0:017, p < 0:001 ð Results are robust to the inclusion/exclusion of different regressors.},
organization = {The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
is funded by the National Institute on
Aging (Grant: RO1AG7644) and by a
consortium of UK government
departments coordinated by the Economic
and Social Research Council. O.A. is
further funded by the National Institute
for Health Research (PDF-
2018-11-ST2-020).},
publisher = {Personality and Mental Health},
keywords = {Health Economics},
keywords = {Personality traits},
keywords = {BMI},
keywords = {Obesity},
keywords = {Big 5},
keywords = {Socioeconomic factors},
title = {Influence of personality traits, gender, and socio‐economic factors in obesity in the english Longitudinal study of ageing},
doi = {10.1002/pmh.1575},
author = {Diop, Modou and Ruiz-Adame Reina, Manuel and Gaggero, Alessio},
}