This paper presents a systematic analysis of the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on overweight and obesity in … China and investigates how and why the SES-obesity gradient differs with age. Using a longitudinal sample drawn from the … residents. Females are significantly less likely to be overweight than males in China. The SES during childhood has independent …

of this article is to contribute to the analysis of the social determinants of adult body weight in urban China by taking … middle class in terms of being overweight or obese. The empirical investigations conducted as part of this research are based … on a sample of 1320 households and 2841 adults from the China Health and Nutrition Survey for 2009. For the first step …

This study investigates whether peers are a contributing factor in the increase in childhood obesity rates, and whether …

We examine the role of peer effects in childhood obesity outcomes by investigating whether obesity rates among the … highest graders in a public school has an effect on obesity rates among younger grades. We use a panel dataset with obesity … obesity prevalence at the highest grade are associated with changes in obesity prevalence at younger grades. The magnitude of …

Obesity is becoming a serious issue in many developing countries, with negative implications for economic growth and … human wellbeing. While previous micro level studies on obesity have mostly used cross-section data, we analyze trends and … determinants with panel data from Indonesia. Over the past 20 years, obesity has increased remarkably in Indonesia across all …

. Both BMI standards of overweight and obesity had a greater association with type 2 diabetes for men than for women. That is …

-income countries such as Mexico. Associated with overweight, obesity and chronic diseases, the nutrition transition process reveals …

-income countries such as Mexico. Associated with overweight, obesity and chronic diseases, the nutrition transition process reveals …