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Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis

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Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis. / Gaggero, Alessio; Gil, Joan; Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores et al.
In: Soc. Sci. Med., Vol. 314, 115420, 31.12.2022.

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Gaggero, A, Gil, J, Jiménez-Rubio, D & Zucchelli, E 2022, 'Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis', Soc. Sci. Med., vol. 314, 115420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115420

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Gaggero, A., Gil, J., Jiménez-Rubio, D., & Zucchelli, E. (2022). Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis. Soc. Sci. Med., 314, Article 115420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115420

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Gaggero A, Gil J, Jiménez-Rubio D, Zucchelli E. Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis. Soc. Sci. Med. 2022 Dec 31;314:115420. Epub 2022 Oct 17. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115420

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Gaggero, Alessio ; Gil, Joan ; Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores et al. / Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis. In: Soc. Sci. Med. 2022 ; Vol. 314.

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abstract = "Despite an increasing interest in the effect of health information on health-behaviours, evidence on the causal impact of a diagnosis on lifestyle factors is still mixed and does not often account for long-term effects. We explore the role of health information in individual health-related decisions by identifying the causal impact of a type-2 diabetes diagnosis on body mass index (BMI) and lifestyle behaviours. We employ a fuzzy regression discontinuity design (RDD) exploiting the exogenous cut-off value in the diagnosis of type-2 diabetes provided by a biomarker (glycated haemoglobin) drawn from unique administrative longitudinal data from Spain. We find that following a type-2 diabetes diagnosis individuals appear to reduce their weight in the short-term. Differently from previous studies, we also provide evidence of statistically significant long-term impacts of a type-2 diabetes diagnosis on BMI up to three years from the diagnosis. We do not find perceivable effects of a type-2 diabetes diagnosis on quitting smoking or drinking. Overall, health information appears to have a sustained causal impact on weight reduction, a key lifestyle and risk factor among individuals with type-2 diabetes.",
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