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Session 12:
Life Course Perspectives on Aging

Thursday, April 30
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Duluth
Chair: Kathleen A. Cagney, University of Chicago
Discussant: Feinian Chen, North Carolina State University

1. Do Childhood Circumstances Predict Adult Biomarkers?  •  Iliana V. Kohler, University of Pennsylvania; Beth J. Soldo, University of Pennsylvania

2. Understanding the Socioeconomic Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity Using a Life Course Perspective  •  Jennifer A. Ailshire, University of Michigan

3. Reconceptualizing Health as Wellness among Older Adults: Conditions, Constellations and Social Risk Factors from a Nationally Representative Probability Sample of Men and Women 57 to 85 Years of Age  •  Edward O. Laumann, University of Chicago; Linda Waite, University of Chicago; Aniruddha Das, University of Chicago; Martha McClintock, University of Chicago

4. Parental Age at Birth and Health of the Offspring at Age 65  •  Daphne Kuo, University of Wisconsin at Madison

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