This study examined whether young men adjusted their snack-food intake to that of a same-sex eating companion. Additionally, hunger was assessed as a possible moderating variable. A total of 59 young men (M age=21.73) participated. An interaction between participants' hunger and confederate's intake on the total amount of snack food (in grams) consumed was found. Only those males who were hungr...

Using the rich data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we show that several dimensions of college quality have substantial positive impacts on young men’s wages. This finding is robust to a wide array of alternative specifications. Controlling for ability reveals that sorting of more able persons into better colleges accounts for only a modest portion of the unconditional quality e...

The paper empirically examines labor market matching as a source of urban agglomeration economies. We work from the hypothesis that job turnover leads to tighter labor matches and estimate the relationship between urbanization and the job mobility of young men. Using a panel from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we find evidence that young men change jobs more frequently in their earl...

Compared with young HIV-negative US men, young men infected with HIV perinatally or during adolescence had lower peak bone mass and fewer circulating osteogenic precursors, which give rise to functional osteoblasts (bone-forming cells) [1]. And the perinatally infected group had greater bone deficits than the group infected during adolescence. These findings from a cross-sectional comparison of...

M AY 2 01 6 In sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents and young adults (ages 10–24) are faced with high levels of unintended pregnancy and a disproportionately high HIV burden—particularly among adolescent girls and young women. In Uganda, youth comprise nearly 40 percent of people living with HIV, and prevalence among young women is nearly twice that of young men (7 percent vs. 4 percent).1 Ugandan a...

Statistics suggest that young men and women in China migrate at almost equal numbers, but we know less about gender differences in the decision to migrate. We examine the factors associated with the decision to migrate and the rationales given by young migrants. Our results are consistent with previous figures and show no overall gender differences in susceptibility to migration. However, we fi...

ET (endothelin)-1, a potent vasoconstrictor peptide released by the endothelium, plays an important role in vasomotor regulation and has been linked to diminished endothelial vasodilator capacity in several pathologies associated with human aging, including hypertension, Type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease. However, it is currently unknown whether the decline in endothelial vasodilatati...

OBJECTIVE To measure dietary salt intake in a Swedish population. DESIGN A cross-sectional study with measured 24 h urinary excretion of Na and K. Completeness of urine collection was assessed using p-aminobenzoic acid. The subjects were interviewed on their habitual food intake. SETTING Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. SUBJECTS Eighty-six young men (age 18-20 years), ...

This paper provides structural estimates of a dynamic model of schooling, work, and occupational choice decisions based on 11 years of observations on a sample of young men from the 1979 youth cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLSY). The structural estimation framework that we adopt fully imposes the restrictions of the theory and permits an investigation o...