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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Calories, Obesity and Health in OECD Countries
Autores: | Mazzocchi,   Mario; Traill,   W. Bruce.
Data: | 2008-01-14
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Food consumption; Obesity; Overweight; Health; Health Economics and Policy; I12; C33.
Resumo: | Theoretical models suggest that decisions about diet, weight and health status are endogenous within a utility maximisation framework. In this paper, we model these behavioural relationships in a fixed-effect panel setting using a simultaneous equation system, with a view to determining whether economic variables can explain the trends in calorie consumption, obesity and health in OECD countries and the large differences among countries. The empirical model shows that progress in medical treatment and health expenditure mitigates mortality from diet-related diseases, despite rising obesity rates. While the model accounts for endogeneity and serial correlation, results are affected by data limitations.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

28804

http://purl.umn.edu/7972

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

Agricultural Economics Society&gt;81st Annual Conference, April 2-4, 2007, Reading University, UK

Conference Paper

Formato:

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