Chunk #15 — Current Study

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Personality and obesity across the adult life span.

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As noted above, average BMI has increased steadily over the past several decades (Hedley et al., 2004; Stenholm, Simonsick, & Ferrucci, 2010). That is, a 40-year-old participant who entered the BLSA in 1970 likely weighed less than a 40-year-old who entered the study in 1990. In the longitudinal models, we test and control for this potential secular trend.