Holding all other personal characteristics-such as age, gender, and income-constant, economists would expect that
A) people with health insurance will be less likely to be overweight than people without health insurance.
B) people with health insurance will be more likely to be overweight than people without health insurance.
C) people with health insurance will be equally likely to be overweight as people without health insurance.
D) there is no correlation between having health insurance and being overweight.

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Economists might expect that people with health insurance could be more likely to be overweight due to moral hazard, where individuals take more health risks because they have coverage to mitigate the consequences.

Holding All Other Personal Characteristics-Such as Age, Gender, and Income-Constant