Modeling Alternative Motives for Dieting
Why do people diet? The proximate cause of dieting is a desire to lose weight, but, because there are different ways by which a person becomes heavier than he wants to be, the ultimate causes of the choice to diet vary. Using a simple, graphical model grounded in the physiology of weight determination, we explore some theoretical and empirical implications of dieting’s different causes. The model determines desired weight, generates propositions about "optimal overweightedness," and shows how different causes of dieting can be usefully analyzed.
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2006
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Authors: | Goldfarb, Robert ; Leonard, Thomas C. ; Suranovic, Steven |
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Eastern Economic Journal. - Eastern Economic Association - EEA, ISSN 0094-5056. - Vol. 32.2006, 1, p. 115-131
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Eastern Economic Association - EEA |
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