overweight women in Cebu (Philippines) were not less than women of normal weight. The relation between earnings and weight exists …

populations in 36 developing countries and model its relationship with overweight (BMI≥25) among non-pregnant women ages 18–49. A … simple model based on absolute wealth alone strongly predicts odds of overweight (R2=0.59), a relationship that holds both … pattern: rising rates of overweight in lower and middle income countries closely track increasing economic resources, and the …

factors (1) higher income is positively related to future growth of individuals’ BMI in less developed areas (i.e. BMI growth … BMI growth in more developed areas (i.e. BMI growth is 0.8–1.6 percentage points lower for the richest individuals), and … (2) that concentrations of overweight are “trickling down” to lower income ranks as regions become more developed …

-farming society of native Amazonians in Bolivia (Tsimane’). We collected data in 2007 from 374 adults (16–60years of age) from 196 …, body mass index [BMI]). Mean SBP and DBP were 114 (SD=14) and 66 (SD=11)mmHg. The prevalence of hypertension was 5 …

these relationships by gender. Results indicate lower life satisfaction among adolescents that are overweight and obese …

effective policy interventions can be developed. Our approach involves analysing data on approximately 9000 overweight British … adults from between 1997 and 2002. We estimate the effect of income on the probability that an overweight individual … correctly recognises their overweight status and the effect of income on the probability that an overweight individual attempts …

A greater proportion of the United States (US) population is overweight or obese (with BMI over 25kg/m2) relative to … patterns of overweight and obesity that reflect this difference. This paper examines the effects of obesogenic environments on … Asians by reporting differences in rates of overweight (which is taken to include obesity in this analysis) among 261 adult …

The aim of this study is to examine the relationships among income, diet, physical activity behaviors and overweight … was less in 2002 than in 1995. Overweight prevalence did not differ significantly by income in either year, but there was … a significant decline in overweight among high income children. Only hours spent in moderate physical activity was …

prevalence of overweight status at any time in the last 35 years. Despite this empirical evidence, the view that the poor are … distribution-sensitive measures of overweight which indicates that the severity of overweight has been higher for the poor than the … regression (UQR), which provides a measure of the income-gradient in BMI at different points on the unconditional BMI …

financial hardship: holding credit card debt and having trouble paying bills, and three outcomes: overweight, obese and body … mass index (BMI). We use a variety of econometric techniques: Ordinary Least Squares, Propensity Score Matching, Sibling … is no causal relationship between credit card debt and overweight or obesity for either men or women. However, we find …