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 …

Obesity and overweight are spreading fast in developing countries, and have reached world record levels in some of them …/correlates of overweight among women, related to the influence of economic and technological development. We undertake econometric …