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Vasanthakumar N. Bhat

Pace University, United States

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Research ArticleOpen accessFast Food Consumption and Body Mass IndexVasanthakumar N. BhatFast food consumption has been considered a major cause of obesity all over the world. The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between the average frequencies of eating a meal from a fast-food restaurant per week and Body Mass Index (BMI). Our analysis based on a nationwide survey of Americans indicates that a meal from a fast … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 13 Jul 2016 · 8,928 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE STATES BEFORE AND AFTER THE AMERICAN CIVIL WARVasanthakumar N. BhatEven though, the American Civil War is considered as a seminal event in the history of the United States, there are not many empirical studies examining economic conditions of the Union and the Confederate states. Even though, economic conflict is not considered to be a cause of the Civil War, economic conditions after the war were vastly different in the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 4 Dec 2014 · 8,153 accessesView PDF Cite