Revisiting the 'Fat and Jolly' hypothesis: Socio-environmental determinants of obesity and depression in Spain

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 513-542

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Gil, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Family interactions; Health lifestyles; Inequalities in health; Intrumental variables; Obesity; Probit models; Social interactions; Socio environmental determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748801701     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwl018     Document Type: Article

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