caa a22 4500 606167544 CHVBK 20210128100703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10754-015-9173-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10754-015-9173-1 Kosteas Vasilios Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, RT 1707, 44115-2214, Cleveland, OH, USA aut Physical activity and time preference [Elektronische Daten] [Vasilios Kosteas] This paper investigates the link between time preference (whether a person is more present or future oriented) and time spent participating in physical activity. Using data on time spent engaged in physical activity from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 cohort, 2006 wave, where time preference is proxied by the expected share of money saved from a hypothetical $1000 cash prize. I find that time preference is a significant predictor of the amount of time spent participating in both vigorous and light-to-moderate physical activity for women and vigorous physical activity for men. The results are robust to various sample restrictions and alternative measures of time preference. The findings in this paper fill in a gap in the relationship between time preference and body composition by examining one of the pathways through which the former might affect the latter using a large, nationally representative dataset. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Physical activity nationallicence Time preference nationallicence Savings nationallicence Body composition nationallicence International Journal of Health Economics and Management Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/4(2015-12-01), 361-386 2199-9023 15:4<361 2015 15 10754 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9173-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9173-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kosteas Vasilios Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, RT 1707, 44115-2214, Cleveland, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Health Economics and Management Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/4(2015-12-01), 361-386 2199-9023 15:4<361 2015 15 10754