Although lower income is associated with overweight (and obesity), such an association is explained by a number of … obesity and body mass index) distribution. We draw upon longitudinal data from the United Kingdom, a country where about half …

Although lower income is associated with overweight (and obesity), such an association is explained by a number of … obesity and body mass index) distribution. We draw upon longitudinal data from the United Kingdom, a country where about half …

Although lower income is associated with overweight (and obesity), such an association is explained by a number of … obesity and body mass index) distribution. We draw upon longitudinal data from the United Kingdom, a country where about half …

in overweight (body mass index BMI - between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2), class 1 (BMI30 kg/m2) and class 2 obesity (BMI35 kg/m2 …-economic and environmental factors on weight gain and obesity. Such issues acquire particular relevance when data from two … Mediterranean countries (Italy and Spain) are compared. Interestingly, the obesity rate was 5 percentage points higher in Spain in …

This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake … globalization and both obesity and caloric intake. A one standard deviation increase in globalization is associated with a 20 …

The worldwide obesity epidemic has impacted women more heavily than men. These gender-based differences are … particularly pronounced in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where gender obesity gaps on average exceed 10 percentage … points. This paper examines one of the explanations, namely the role of female empowerment on gender gaps in obesity. We …

children's health, We find that access to insurance reduces childhood obesity and exerts positive and economically significant …

Western societies can reduce avoidable mortality and morbidity by better understanding the relationship between obesity … and chronic disease. This paper examines the empirical association between obesity and the incidence of heart disease … and significant, although specification-dependent, association between obesity and the prevalence of all chronic illness …