Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight: Does the social environment matter?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1185-1193

  Font, Joan Costa ^a   Fabbri, Daniele ^b   Gil, Joan ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Departament de Teoria Economica CAEPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eating habits; Education; Environment; Italy; Non linear decomposition; Obesity; Social norms; Spain

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 77950048314     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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