The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on socioeconomic differences in physical activity behavior
Evidence from the Lifelines COVID-19 cohort study
Covid-19 and measures to contain spreading the disease have led to changed physical activity behavior. This study aims to investigate the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and changes in the…
How is sport participation related to mortality, diabetes and prediabetes for different body mass index levels?
This study examined the association of sport participation with health outcomes and whether this relation differs between body mass index (BMI)-level subpopulations. Research outcomes for sport participation were compared with…
How are lifestyle factors associated with socioeconomic differences in healthcare costs?
Evidence from full population data in the Netherlands
Findings suggest that prevention policies aimed at reducing the number of smokers and increasing sport club membership may reduce health care costs across all NSES ( neighborhood socioeconomic status) groups,…
Ex ante and ex post willingness to pay for hosting a large international sport event
Using the contingent valuation method, we estimate residents’ ex ante and ex post willingness to pay (WTP) for hosting a large international sport event: The “big start” of the 2016…