Rebecca Benson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3582869 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Benson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Benson |
| SIGNATURE | BENSON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8525-643X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Attitudes to inequalities
Does more education cause lower BMI, or do lower-BMI individuals become more educated? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
More educated adults have lower average body mass index (BMI). This may be due to selection, if adolescents with lower BMI attain higher levels of education, or it may be due to causation, if higher educational attainment reduces BMI gain in adulthood. We test for selection and causation in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, which has followed a representative US cohort from age 14-22 in 1979 through age 47-55 in 2012. Using ordinal …
Relationship between employment histories and frailty trajectories in later life
BACKGROUND: Given the acceleration of population ageing and policy changes to extend working lives, evidence is needed on the ability of older adults to work for longer. To understand more about the health impacts of work, this study examined the relationship between employment histories before retirement and trajectories of frailty thereafter. METHODS: The sample comprised 2765 women and 1621 men from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. We…
Obesity and the Natural Environment Across US Counties
Objectives. We estimated the association between obesity and features of the natural environment. We asked whether the association is mediated by diet or by physical activity. Methods. Using county-level data from the contiguous United States, we regressed adult obesity prevalence on 9 measures of the natural environment. Our regression model accounted for spatial correlation, and controlled for county demographics and the built environment. We i…
Von Hippel and Benson Respond
von Hippel and Benson Respond Affiliation Paul T. von Hippel PhD, and Rebecca Benson MPHThe authors are with the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Paul von Hippel, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, 2315 Red River, Box Y, Austin, TX 78712 (paulvonhippel.[email protected]com). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.Cont…
Relationship between employment histories and frailty trajectories in later life
BACKGROUND: Given the acceleration of population ageing and policy changes to extend working lives, evidence is needed on the ability of older adults to work for longer. To understand more about the health impacts of work, this study examined the relationship between employment histories before retirement and trajectories of frailty thereafter. METHODS: The sample comprised 2765 women and 1621 men from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. We…
Obesity and the Natural Environment Across US Counties
Objectives. We estimated the association between obesity and features of the natural environment. We asked whether the association is mediated by diet or by physical activity. Methods. Using county-level data from the contiguous United States, we regressed adult obesity prevalence on 9 measures of the natural environment. Our regression model accounted for spatial correlation, and controlled for county demographics and the built environment. We i…
Does more education cause lower BMI, or do lower-BMI individuals become more educated? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
More educated adults have lower average body mass index (BMI). This may be due to selection, if adolescents with lower BMI attain higher levels of education, or it may be due to causation, if higher educational attainment reduces BMI gain in adulthood. We test for selection and causation in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, which has followed a representative US cohort from age 14-22 in 1979 through age 47-55 in 2012. Using ordinal …
Obesity and the Natural Environment Across US Counties
Objectives. We estimated the association between obesity and features of the natural environment. We asked whether the association is mediated by diet or by physical activity. Methods. Using county-level data from the contiguous United States, we regressed adult obesity prevalence on 9 measures of the natural environment. Our regression model accounted for spatial correlation, and controlled for county demographics and the built environment. We i…
Von Hippel and Benson Respond
von Hippel and Benson Respond Affiliation Paul T. von Hippel PhD, and Rebecca Benson MPHThe authors are with the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Paul von Hippel, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, 2315 Red River, Box Y, Austin, TX 78712 (paulvonhippel.[email protected]com). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.Cont…
Relationship between employment histories and frailty trajectories in later life
BACKGROUND: Given the acceleration of population ageing and policy changes to extend working lives, evidence is needed on the ability of older adults to work for longer. To understand more about the health impacts of work, this study examined the relationship between employment histories before retirement and trajectories of frailty thereafter. METHODS: The sample comprised 2765 women and 1621 men from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. We…
Does more education cause lower BMI, or do lower-BMI individuals become more educated? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
More educated adults have lower average body mass index (BMI). This may be due to selection, if adolescents with lower BMI attain higher levels of education, or it may be due to causation, if higher educational attainment reduces BMI gain in adulthood. We test for selection and causation in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, which has followed a representative US cohort from age 14-22 in 1979 through age 47-55 in 2012. Using ordinal …
Attitudes to inequalities
Demography (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Obesity (2 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (2 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (2 works) · Ageing (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Body mass index (1 works) · Built environment (1 works)