Behavioral researchers have increasingly become interested in the idea that chronic, low-
grade inflammation is a pathway through which social and behavioral variables exert long …

Obesity is increasingly prevalent and is associated with substantial cardiovascular risk.
Adipose tissue distribution and morphology play a key role in determining the degree of …

Socioeconomic differences in behaviour are pervasive and well documented, but their
causes are not yet well understood. Here, we make the case that a cluster of behaviours is …

Background Conventional coronary artery disease risk factors might potentially explain at
least 90% of the attributable risk of coronary artery disease. To better understand the …

Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human
population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate …

Background Epigenetic biomarkers of aging (the “epigenetic clock”) have the potential to
address puzzling findings surrounding mortality rates and incidence of cardio-metabolic …

In many populations, the a polipoprotein-ε 4 (APOE-ε 4) allele increases the risk for several
chronic diseases of aging, including dementia and cardiovascular disease; despite these …

We consider the problem of meta‐analyzing two‐group studies that report the median of the
outcome. Often, these studies are excluded from meta‐analysis because there are no well …

Immune function is an energetically costly physiological activity that potentially diverts
calories away from less immediately essential life tasks. Among develo** organisms, the …

Abstract The Tsimane Health and Life History Project, an integrated bio‐behavioral study of
the human life course, is designed to test competing hypotheses of human life‐history …