Can Changing Economic Factors Explain the Rise in Obesity?
A growing literature examines the effects of economic variables on obesity, typically focusing on only one or a few factors at a time. We build a more comprehensive economic model of body weight, combining the 1990-2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System with 27 state-level variables related...
| Published in: | Southern Economic Journal Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 1266 - 1311 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2016
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