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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Economic Factors and Body Weight: An Empirical Analysis
Autores: | Schroeter,   Christiane; Lusk,   Jayson L.
Data: | 2009-01-22
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Body mass index; Body weight; Obesity; Subsidy; Tax; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; D11; D12; I18; H20; R22.
Resumo: | With this study, we investigate the effects of changes in economic factors on body weight by constructing a utility theoretic model. The model is empirically estimated by combining data on individuals’ body weight, demographic and physical activity information, and statelevel measures pertaining to the prices of food away from home, food at home, and wages. By combining these data sources, we aim to estimate directly the weight effects of price and income changes. The empirical analysis suggests that decreasing the price of food at home could decrease body weight, a finding which has important public policy implications.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/46991
Relação: | Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics&gt;Volume 40, Number 02, August 2008
Formato: | 16