The Prevalence of Obesity Among Recent Applicants to Federal Disability Programs

Jody Schimmel Hyde

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Abstract: In this brief, we use data from the Social Security Administration’s Electronic Disability Collect System to examine obesity prevalence among adult applicants to federal disability programs from 2007 through 2013.

Keywords: Social Security; disability; obesity; SSI; SSDI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8
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