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dc.contributor.authorKortt, Michael Aen
dc.contributor.authorDollery, Brian Een
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-10T10:07:00Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Religion and Health, 53(1), p. 217-228en
dc.identifier.issn1573-6571en
dc.identifier.issn0022-4197en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13962-
dc.description.abstractWe estimated the relationship between religion and body mass index (BMI) for a general and representative sample of the Australia population. Data from the Household Income Labour Dynamics survey were analysed for 9,408 adults aged 18 and older. OLS regression analyses revealed that religious denomination was significantly related to higher BMI, after controlling for socio-demographic, health behaviours, and psychosocial variables. 'Baptist' men had, on average, a 1.3 higher BMI compared to those reporting no religious affiliation. Among women, 'Non-Christians' had, on average, a 1 unit lower BMI compared to those reporting no religious affiliation while 'Other Christian' women reported, on average, a 1 unit higher BMI. Our results also indicate that there was a negative relationship between religious importance and BMI among Australian women.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLCen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Religion and Healthen
dc.titleReligion and BMI in Australiaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10943-012-9621-xen
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Economicsen
local.contributor.firstnameMichael Aen
local.contributor.firstnameBrian Een
local.subject.for2008140208 Health Economicsen
local.subject.seo2008920413 Social Structure and Healthen
local.profile.schoolUNE Business Schoolen
local.profile.schoolUNE Business Schoolen
local.profile.emailmkortt3@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailbdollery@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20120614-142553en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage217en
local.format.endpage228en
local.identifier.scopusid84905051061en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume53en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.contributor.lastnameKortten
local.contributor.lastnameDolleryen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:mkortt3en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:bdolleryen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:14175en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleReligion and BMI in Australiaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorKortt, Michael Aen
local.search.authorDollery, Brian Een
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.identifier.wosid000330828300020en
local.year.published2014en
local.subject.for2020380108 Health economicsen
local.subject.seo2020200413 Substance abuseen
local.subject.seo2020200207 Social structure and healthen
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