Effect of retirement on the body mass index in China

A nationwide study based on the regression discontinuity design

Bibliographic Data

ID15376751
AuthorsJiarun Mi (0000-0001-6186-7132, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, corresponding author), Xueyan Han (0000-0002-6847-9682, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Hanchao Cheng (0000-0003-4551-4614, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Zhaoyang Pan (0000-0003-2315-7679, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Jian Guo (0000-0001-5635-8851, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Hailu Zhu (0009-0009-8066-0175, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Qi Wang (0000-0003-0464-2118, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Yicong Wang (0009-0000-2712-3199, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Yuanli Liu (0009-0004-8461-2668, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Congyi Zheng (0000-0002-0120-6524, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Xin Wang (0000-0003-2833-6940, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Xue Cao (0000-0002-1303-9604, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Zhen Hu (0000-0001-5487-676X, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Yixin Tian (0009-0003-0102-2906, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Zengwu Wang (0000-0003-1613-5076, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College), Tianjia Guan (0000-0002-7820-2898, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College)
Year2025
Volume25
Issue1
Pages382-382
Publication date2025-01-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-024-21044-0
PMID39885453
OpenAlexW4406992845
LanguageEN
References cited48

On average, retirement has no significant impact on the BMI and overweight and obesity rates. Retirement leads to an increase in the BMI among men but does not affect that in women. When considering adjustments to existing retirement policies, the differential health effects of retirement across various populations should be taken into account

Biostatistics · Body mass index · China · Discontinuity (linguistics · Environmental health · Index (typography · Pathology · Public health · Regression analysis · Regression discontinuity design · Statistics · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Medicine · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Epidemiology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine