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A 'Health Kuznets' Curve'? : cross-country and longitudinal evidence
Costa-Font, Joan; Hernandez-Quevedo, Cristina; Sato, Azusa - 2013
The distribution of health inequalities appears to exhibit a different pattern when samples of developing countries are … examined. One explanation is the existence of a health Kuznets ́curve. This paper sets out as an exploratory analysis to test … the latter hypothesis of an inverse U shape pattern between both economic and health development and income inequalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199440
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Economic growth and obesity : findings of an Obesity Kuznets curve
Grecu, Anca M.; Rotthoff, Kurt W. - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 7/9, pp. 539-543
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528789
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A six decades long follow-up on body size in adolescents from Zagreb, Croatia : 1951 - 2010
Petranović, Matea Zajc; Tomas, Željka; Narančić, … - In: Economics and human biology 13 (2014), pp. 155-164
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010386625
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"Globesity"? : the effects of globalization on obesity and caloric intake
Costa-Font, Joan; Mas, Núria - 2014
This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake. In assessing these effects using longitudinal analysis, this study adopts an extensive list of controls to account for compositional changes and effects, as well as different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412876
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Nutrient intake : a cross-national analysis of trends and economic correlates
Dave, Dhaval; Doytch, Nadia; Kelly, Inas Rashad - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476451
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Nutrient Intake : A Cross-National Analysis of Trends and Economic Correlates
Dave, Dhaval - 2016
Nutrition is a key input in the health production function, and a better understanding of how we eat can aid in guiding … effective policy change towards better population health. This study documents prevalence rates, trends in, and potential … real GDP per capita, labor force participation, and health care measures in a nation can partly explain the increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993851
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Obesity : health and economic consequences of an impending global challenge
Meera Shekar, Barry Popkin - 2019
"Obesity is a global ticking time-bomb with huge potential negative economic and health impacts, especially for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644267
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"Globesity"? : the effects of globalization on obesity and caloric intake
Costa-Font, Joan; Mas, Núria - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 64 (2016), pp. 121-132
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011633888
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The nutrition transition and agricultural transformation : a Preston curve approach
Masters, William Alan; Hall, Anaya; Martinez, Elena M.; … - In: Agricultural economics : the journal of the … 47 (2016), pp. 97-114
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716300
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Globalisation and national trends in nutrition and health : a grouped fixed-effects approach to intercountry heterogeneity
Oberlander, Lisa; Disdier, Anne-Célia; Etilé, Fabrice - In: Health economics 26 (2017) 9, pp. 1146-1161
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816168