根据德国社会经济小组，按性别分析了身体质量指数对健康、收入和满意度的影响。基本结果是:身体质量指数越高，健康状况越糟，收入下降，满意度越低。如果加入控制变量，按性别划分估计数，并确定超重和体重过轻者的不同影响，健康估计数显示非线性影响，但行动方向不变。对收入的影响各不相同。体重过轻的女性比其他女性挣得多，超重的女性挣得少。平均而言，体重正常的男性的收入要高于体重超标和过轻的男性。个体经营者也同样如此。雇员的模式等于总样本。除了体重过轻的男性外，对生活满意度没有影响。他们表现出更少的满足感。 Only in the public sector the sign of the coefficient changes. The results for eastern Germany are different with respect to satisfaction. Overweight women are less satisfied than others while this is not confirmed for underweight men from eastern Germany. When interdependencies are taken into account and matching procedures are applied, the outcome matches to that of independent and unmatched estimates. However, no clear-cut disadvantage in income of underweight men can be found. Stable coefficients result for the health estimates while satisfaction results fluctuate. Underweight women and especially underweight men tend to less happiness. For overweight men the influence is ambiguous but more speaks in favour of a less level of satisfaction. Overweight women seem to be happier.