García Villar, Jaume; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - In: Economics & Human Biology 7 (2009) 1, pp. 73-83
The problem of obesity is alarming public health authorities around the world. Therefore, it is important to study its determinants. In this paper, we explore the empirical relationship between household income and body mass index (BMI) in nine European Union countries. Our findings suggest...