Using the nationally representative Slan dataset we take a number of approaches to profile the change in obesity in … years. There is evidence that obesity and overweight are relatively more concentrated amongst males, the old and those with … lower educational achievement. While obesity rose slightly over the period this was due to a rise in the average level of …

This paper proposes a new method of measuring obesity using Body Mass Index (BMI) data. Conventional measures which … measures currently used in the poverty literature can be usefully applied to measure obesity and provide us with measures which …

-related inequalities in obesity. By use of the concentration index and decomposition techniques we answer the following questions: 1) Does … obesity inequality favour or disfavour the poor? 2) What factors explain this inequality at different points in time? 3) How … can the pattern of inequality over time be explained? We find that among females, inequalities in obesity favour the rich …

threshold chosen. Decomposition techniques suggest that changes in the proportion unemployed and in the protective effect of …

decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score …

which there can be obesity spirals after only small drops in the price of food. …

This article suggests an extension of the standard decomposition of the concentration index that allows for an … for one vital health-related behavior, smoking. The decomposition uses an underlying model that considers both individual …

County, Denmark, by linking survey data to register based data. A decomposition of the concentration index was used to … explain the sources of overall income-related inequality in utilization. The decomposition approach suggests that health care …

-II areas did not decrease during 2007-2012. The decomposition analysis shows that the reduction of the poverty incidence …