@article{ref1,
title="Extreme violence and weight-related outcomes in Mexican adults",
journal="Journal of health and social behavior",
year="2023",
author="Quintana-Navarrete, Miguel",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Sociological research suggests that violent environments contribute to excess weight, a pressing health issue worldwide. However, this research has neglected extreme forms of violence, such as armed conflicts, a theoretically significant omission because armed conflict could reasonably lead to weight loss, not weight gain. I examine the weight-related, short-term consequences of the Mexican &quot;War on Organized Crime.&quot; I combine body mass index (N = 3,341) and waist circumference (N = 3,509) measures from the Mexico Family Life Survey with a novel data set on aggressions, confrontations, and executions between 2009 and 2011 (CIDE-PPD database) and exploit variation in the timing of the outcome relative to violent events taking place in the same residential environment. I find a robust and large positive association between armed conflict events and weight gain in adults and suggestive evidence of the behavioral, emotional, and physiological/biochemical pathways connecting those variables.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1465",
doi="10.1177/00221465231163906",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00221465231163906"
}