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Alhammad, S. A., & Alwadeai, K. S. (2022). All types obesity and physical inactivity associated with the risk of activity of daily living limitations among people with asthma. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 15, 1573-1583.
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Alwadeai, K. S., & Alhammad, S. A. (2023). Asthma and its relationship with anthropometric markers among adults. PLoS ONE, 17(2), 1-10.
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Alwadeai, K. S., Almeshari, M. A., Alghamdi, A. S., Alshehri, A. M., Alsaif, S. S., Al-Heizan, M. O., Alwadei, M. S., Alahmari, A. D., Algarni, S. S., Alotaibi, T. F., Alqahtani, M. M., Alqahtani, N., Alqahtani, J. S., Aldhahir, A. M., Homoud, M. M., & Al (2023). Relationship between heart disease and obesity indicators among adults: A secondary data analysis. Cureus, 15(3), Article e36738.
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Amaral, W. Z., Krueger, R. F., Ryff, C. D., & Coe, C. L. (2015). Genetic and environmental determinants of population variation in interleukin-6, its soluble receptor and C-reactive protein: Insights from identical and fraternal twins. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 49, 171-181.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.bbi.2015.05.010

Andreoletti, C., Zebrowitz, L. A., & Lachman, M. E. (2001). Physical appearance and control beliefs in young, middle-aged, and older adults. Personality & Social Psychology Review, 27(8), 969-981.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1177/0146167201278005

Andreyeva, T., Puhl, R.M., Brownell, K.D. (2008). Changes in perceived weight discrimination among Americans, 1995-1996 through 2004-2006. Obesity, 16(5), 1129-1134.
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Bardin, A. S., & Fletcher, K. A. (2023). Exercise mediates the effect of job control on body mass index (BMI). Current Psychology, 42, 9592-9595.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1007/s12144-021-02275-5

Barger, S. D., & Sydeman, S. J. (2005). Does generalized anxiety disorder predict coronary heart disease risk factors independently of major depressive disorder? Journal of Affective Disorders, 88(1), 87-91.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2005.05.012

Barrett, A. E., & Toothman, E. L. (2017). Multiple "old ages": The influence of social context on women's aging anxiety. Journals Of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences And Social Sciences, 73(8), e154-e164.
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Berkowitz, L., Mateo, C., Salazar, C., Samith, B., Sara, D., Pinto, V., Martinez, X., Calzada, M., von Schultzendorff, A., Pedrals, N., Bitran, M., Echeverria, G., Ruini, C., Ryff, C., & Rigotti, A. (2023). Healthy eating as potential mediator of inverse association between purpose in life and waist circumference: Emerging evidence from US and Chilean cohorts. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(23), Article 7099.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.3390/ijerph20237099

Berkowitz, L., Salazar, C., Ryff, C. D., Coe, C. L., & Rigotti, A. (2022). Serum sphingolipid profiling as a novel biomarker for metabolic syndrome characterization. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9, Article 1092331.
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Block, J.P., He, Y., Zaslavsky, A.M., Ding, L., & Ayanian, J.Z. (2009). Psychosocial stress and change in weight among U.S. adults. American Journal of Epidemiology, 170, 181-192.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1093/aje/kwp104

Boehm, J. K. (2018). The road to positive health: Behavioral and biological pathways linking positive psychological functioning with health outcomes. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of integrative health science. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Boehm, J. K., Williams, D. R., Rimm, E. B., Ryff, C., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2013). Relation between optimism and lipids in midlife. The American Journal of Cardiology, 111(10), 1425-1431.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.01.292

Bookwala, J., & Boyer, J. (2008). Gender, excessive body weight, and psychological well being in adulthood. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32, 188-195.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00423.x

Boylan, J. M., & Robert, S. A. (2017). Neighborhood SES is particularly important to the cardiovascular health of low SES individuals. Social Science & Medicine, 188, 60-68.
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Bridger Staatz, C., Kelly, Y., Lacey, R. E., Blodgett, J. M., George, A., Arnot, M., Walker, E., & Hardy, R. (2021). Life course socioeconomic position and body composition in adulthood: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. International Journal of Obesity, 45(11), 2300-2315.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1038/s41366-021-00898-z

Caceres, B. A., Britton, L. E., Cortes, Y. I., Makarem, N., & Suglia, S. F. (2022). Investigating the associations between childhood trauma and cardiovascular health in midlife. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(2), 409-423.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1002/jts.22752

Carr, D., & Jaffe, K. (2012). The psychosocial consequences of weight change trajectories: Evidence from quantitative and qualitative data [Special invited issue]. Economics and Human Biology, 10(4), 419-430.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.ehb.2012.04.007

Carr, D., & Tsenkova, V. K. (2018). Psychosocial consequences of body weight and obesity. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of integrative health science. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Carr, D., Friedman, M. A., & Jaffe, K. (2007). Understanding the relationship between obesity and positive and negative affect: The role of psychosocial mechanisms. Body Image, 4(2), 165-177.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.02.00

Carr, D., Murphy, L., Batson, H., & Springer, K. W. (2013). Bigger is not always better: The effect of obesity on sexual satisfaction and behavior of adult men in the United States. Men and Masculinities, 16(4), 452-477.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1177/1097184x13502651

Carr, D.S., Jaffe, K., Friedman, M. (2008). Perceived Interpersonal Mistreatment Among Obese Americans: Do Race, Class,and Gender Matter? Obesity, 16(Supplement 2), S60-68.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1038/oby.2008.453

Carr, Deborah and Michael Friedman (2006). Body Weight and the Quality of Interpersonal Relationships. Social Psychology Quarterly, 69(2), 127-149.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1177/019027250606900202

Carr, Deborah and Michael Friedman (2005). Is Obesity Stigmatizing? Body Weight, Perceived Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being in the United States. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 46: 244-259.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1177/002214650504600303

Chapman, B. P., Fiscella, K., Duberstein, P., Coletta, M., & Kawachi, I. (2009). Can the influence of childhood socioeconomic status on men's and women's adult body mass be explained by adult socioeconomic status or personality? Findings from a national sample. Health Psychology, 28(4), 419-427.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1037/a0015212

Chen, Y., Kawachi, I., Berkman, L. F., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2018). A prospective study of marital quality and body weight in midlife. Health Psychology, 37(3), 247-256.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1037/hea0000589

Chen, Y., Kawachi, I., Berkman, L. F., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2019). Does optimal parenting style help offspring maintain healthy weight into mid-life? Preventive Medicine, 123, 84-90.
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Chirinos, D. A., Murdock, K. W., LeRoy, A. S., & Fagundes, C. (2017). Depressive symptom profiles, cardio-metabolic risk and inflammation: Results from the MIDUS study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 82, 17-25.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.04.011

Choi, B., Schnall, P. L., Yang, H., Dobson, M., Landsbergis, P., Israel, L., et al. (2010). Sedentary work, low physical job demand, and obesity in US workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 53(11), 1088-1101.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1002/ajim.20886

Coe, C. L., Love, G. D., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Kitayama, S., Markus, H. R., Tracy, R. P., & Ryff, C. D. (2011). Population differences in proinflammatory biology: Japanese have healthier profiles than Americans. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 25(3), 494-502.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.bbi.2010.11.013

Cohen, M., Granger, S., & Fuller-Thomson, E (2015). The association between bereavement and biomarkers of inflammation. Behavioral Medicine, 42(1), 49-59.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1080/08964289.2013.866539

Conradson, H. E., Hayden, K. A., Russell-Mayhew, S., Bouchal, S. R., & King-Shier, K. (2022). Positive psychological well-being in women with obesity: A scoping review of qualitative and quantitative primary research. Obesity Science & Practice, 8(6), 691-714.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1002/osp4.605

Cotter, E. W., & Kelly, N. R. (2018). Stress-related eating, mindfulness, and obesity. Health Psychology, 37(6), 516-525.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1037/hea0000614

Cotter, K. A., & Lachman, M. E. (2010). Psychosocial and behavioral contributors to health: Age-related increases in physical disability are reduced by physical fitness. Psychology & Health, 25(7), 805-820.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1080/08870440902883212

Cuevas, A., & Williams, D. R. (2018). Perceived discrimination and health: Integrative findings. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of integrative health science. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Devine, J. K., & Wolf, J. M. (2016). Integrating nap and night-time sleep into sleep patterns reveals differential links to health-relevant outcomes. Journal of Sleep Research, 25(2), 225-233.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1111/jsr.12369

Donofry, S. D., Stillman, C. M., Hanson, J. L., Sheridan, M., Sun, S., Loucks, E. B., & Erickson, K. I. (2021). Promoting brain health through physical activity among adults exposed to early life adversity: Potential mechanisms and theoretical framework. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 131, 688-703.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.051

Elran-Barak, R., & Segel-Karpas, D. (2020). Dieting for weight-control among older adults: The role of perceived health and perceived overweight status. Eating Behaviors, 36, Article 101368.
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Ettner, S. L. (1999). The relationship between the continuity of care and the health behaviors of patients: Does having a usual physician make a difference? Medical Care, 37(6), 547-555.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1097/00005650-199906000-00004

Ferraro, K. F., Schafer, M. H., & Wilkinson, L. R. (2016). Childhood disadvantage and health problems in middle and later life: Early imprints on physical health? American Sociological Review, 81(1), 107-133.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1177/0003122415619617

Frank, P., Jokela, M., Batty, G. D., Lassale, C., Steptoe, A., & Kivimaki, M. (2022). Overweight, obesity, and individual symptoms of depression: A multicohort study with replication in UK Biobank. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 105, 192-200.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.bbi.2022.07.009

Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Nichols, O. I., Jokela, M., Kim, E. S., Yildirim, E. D., & Ryff, C. D. (2021). A changing landscape of health opportunity in the United States: Increases in the strength of association between childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and adult health between the 1990s and the 2010s. American Journal of Epidemiology, 190(11), 2284-2293.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1093/aje/kwab060

Gerhardt, M., Feng, X., & Chan, M. H.-M. (2021). Long-term association of parental warmth with depression and obesity: Mediation by conscientiousness. Health Psychology, 40(3), 188-195.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1037/hea0001061

Gleason, C. E., Dowling, N. M., Friedman, E. M., Wharton, W., & Asthana, S. (2012). Using predictors of hormone therapy use to model the healthy user bias: How does healthy user status influence cognitive effects of hormone therapy. Menopause, 19(5), 524-533.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1097/gme.0b013e318238ff2c

Glei, D. A., & Weinstein, M. (2023). Economic distress, obesity, and the rise in pain. Social Science and Medicine, 339, Article 116399.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116399

Glei, D. A., Stokes, A. C., & Weinstein, M. (2022). Widening socioeconomic disparities in pain and physical function among Americans are linked with growing obesity. Journal of Aging and Health, 34(1), 78-87.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1177/08982643211028121

Gough, M., & Godde, K. (2018). A multifaceted analysis of social stressors and chronic inflammation SSM - Population Health, 6, 136-140.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.09.005

Greenfield, E.A., & Marks, N.F. (2009). Violence from parents in childhood and obesity in adulthood: Using food in response to stress as a mediator of risk. Social Science & Medicine, 68, 791-798.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.12.004

Grollman, E. A. (2014). Multiple disadvantaged statuses and health: The role of multiple forms of discrimination. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 55(1), 3-19.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1177/0022146514521215

Grzywacz, J. G. (2000). Work-family spillover and health during midlife: Is managing conflict everything? American Journal of Health Promotion, 14(4), 236-243.
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Guevara, J. E., & Murdock, K. W. (2019). High social strain and physical health: Examining the roles of anxious arousal, body mass index, and inflammation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 106, 155-160.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.04.005

Guo, L., Huang, Y., Wan, R., Shen, Y., & Hong, K. (2021). Increased blood retinol levels are associated with a reduced risk of TIA or stroke in an adult population: Lifestyle factors- and CVDs-stratified analysis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 8, Article 744611.
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Hartanto, A., Majeed, N. M., Lua, V. Y. Q., Wong, J., & Chen, N. R. Y. (2022). Dispositional gratitude, health-related factors, and lipid profiles in midlife: A biomarker study. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 6034.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-09960-w

Hartanto, A., Yong, J. C., & Toh, W. X. (2019). Bidirectional associations between obesity and cognitive function in midlife adults: A longitudinal study. Nutrients, 11(10), Article 2343.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.3390/nu11102343

Hostinar, C. E., Lachman, M. E., Mroczek, D. K., Seeman, T. E., & Miller, G. E. (2015). Additive contributions of childhood adversity and recent stressors to inflammation at midlife: Findings from the MIDUS study. Developmental Psychology, 51(11), 1630-1644.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1037/dev0000049

Huang, Y., Jiang, Y., & Zhu, M. (2019). The relationship between global sleep score and inflammatory markers in obese adults from the United States. Nature and science of sleep, 11, 317-324.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.2147/nss.s220436

Hunte, H. E. (2011). Association between perceived interpersonal everyday discrimination and waist circumference over a 9-year period in the midlife development in the United States cohort study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 173(11), 1232-1239.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1093/aje/kwq463

Jaremka, L. M., & Pacanowski, C. R. (2019). Social anxiety symptoms moderate the link between obesity and metabolic function. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 10, Article 104425.
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Johnson, W., & Krueger, R. F. (2005). Higher perceived life control decreases genetic variance in physical health: Evidence from a national twin study. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 88(1), 165-173.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.88.1.165

Johnson, W., & Krueger, R. F. (2005). Genetic effects on physical health: Lower at higher income levels. Behavior Genetics, 35(5), 579-590.
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Jokela, M., Airaksinen, J., Kivimaki, M., & Hakulinen, C. (2018). Is within-individual variation in personality traits associated with changes in health behaviours? Analysis of seven longitudinal cohort studies. European Journal of Personality, 32(6), 642-652.
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Jokela, M., Berg, V., Silventoinen, K., Batty, G. D., Singh-Manoux, A., Kaprio, J., Davey Smith, G., & Kivimaki, M. (2016). Body mass index and depressive symptoms: Testing for adverse and protective associations in two twin cohort studies. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19(4), 306-311.
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Jokela, M., Elovainio, M., Nyberg, S. T., Tabak, A. G., Hintsa, T., Batty, G. D., & Kivimaki, M. (2014). Personality and risk of diabetes in adults: Pooled analysis of 5 cohort studies. Health Psychology. Advance online publication.
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Kim, K. H. (2007). Religion, weight perception, and weight control behavior. Eating Behaviors 8(1), 121-131.
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Kim, K. H., Sobal, J., & Wethington, E. (2003). Religion and body weight. International Journal of Obesity & Related Metabolic Disorders: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 27(4), 469-477.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802220

Kivimaki, M., Kuosma, E., Ferrie, J. E., Luukkonen, R., Nyberg, S. T., Alfredsson, L., . . . Jokela, M. (2017). Overweight, obesity, and risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity: Pooled analysis of individual-level data for 120,813 adults from 16 cohort studies from the USA and Europe. Lancet Public Health, 2(6), e277-e285.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30074-9

Koumoutzis, A., & Cichy, K. E. (2021). What's eating you? Risk factors for poor health behaviors among family caregivers. Aging and Mental Health, 25(11), 2132-2139.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1080/13607863.2020.1805722

Kuhlman, K. R., Robles, T. F., Bower, J. E., & Carroll, J. E. (2018). Screening for childhood adversity: The what and when of identifying individuals at risk for lifespan health disparities. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 41(4), 516-527.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1007/s10865-018-9921-z

Kungu, K., Melius, J., Cannonier, C., & Wanga, V. (2019). Obesity, chronic job discrimination and social support. Management Research Review, 42(5), 586-604.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1108/MRR-02-2018-0060

Lee, C., & Park, S. (2020). Examining cumulative inequality in the association between childhood SES and BMI from midlife to old age. Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(6), 1264-1274.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1093/geronb/gbz081

Lee, C., & Ryff, C. D. (2016). Early parenthood as a link between childhood disadvantage and adult heart problems: A gender-based approach. Social Science & Medicine, 171, 58-66.
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Lin, F., Friedman, E., Quinn, J., Chen, D.-G., & Mapstone, M. (2012). Effect of leisure activities on inflammation and cognitive function in an aging sample. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 54(3), e398-e404.
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Mann, F. D., Cuevas, A. G., & Krueger, R. F. (2021). Cumulative stress: A general "s" factor in the structure of stress. Social Science and Medicine, 289, Article 114405.
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Mezick, E. J., Wing, R. R., & McCaffery, J. M. (2014). Associations of self-reported and actigraphy-assessed sleep characteristics with body mass index and waist circumference in adults: Moderation by gender. Sleep Medicine, 15(1), 64-70.
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Moriarity, D. P., Mengelkoch, S., & Slavich, G. M. (2023). Incorporating causal inference perspectives into psychoneuroimmunology: A simulation study highlighting concerns about controlling for adiposity in immunopsychiatry. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 113, 259-266.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.bbi.2023.06.022

Morton, P. M., Mustillo, S. A., & Ferraro, K. F. (2014). Does childhood misfortune raise the risk of acute myocardial infarction in adulthood? Social Science & Medicine, 104, 133-141.
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Niu, P., Li, H., Liu, D., Zhang, Y. F., Liu, Y., & Liang, C. (2021). Association between HDL-C and bone mineral density: An cross-sectional analysis. International Journal of General Medicine, 14, 8863-8872.
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Pereira, S. M. P., Stein Merkin, S., Seeman, T., & Power, C. (2019). Understanding associations of early-life adversities with mid-life inflammatory profiles: Evidence from the UK and USA. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 78, 143-152.
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View publication via DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.bbi.2019.01.016

Plaut, V. C., Adams, G., & Anderson, S. L. (2009). Does attractiveness buy happiness? "It depends on where you're from." Personal Relationships, 16(4), 619-630.
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Puhl, R. M., Andreyeva, T., & Brownell, K. D. (2008). Perceptions of weight discrimination: Prevalence and comparison to race and gender discrimination in America. International Journal of Obesity, 32(6), 992-1000.
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Riedy, D. R., MacPherson, A. R., Sabet, S., & Dautovich, N. D. (2022). Examining negative affect, sleep duration, and using food to cope as predictors of weight in midlife women. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 894-903.
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