Global impact on human obesity - A robust non-linear panel data analysis.
Nutr Health
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
Recent studies in economics showed that humans are bounded rational. This being consumers, they are not perfect judges of what matters for the standard of living. While with a marked increase in economic and social wellbeing, there is a consistent rise in obesity levels, especially in the developed world. Thus, this study intends to explore the empirical and socio-economic antecedents of human obesity across countries using six global indexes.Methods:
This study used the data of 40 countries between 1975 to 2018 and used the Panel FGLS Regression with the quadratic specification.Findings:
The results showed that health and food indicators increase global human obesity, environment and education indicators decrease global human obesity, and economic and social indicators follow an inverted U-shaped pattern in affecting global human obesity. Originality Previous studies have used infant mortality and life expectancy as the major health indicator in determining the standard of living while overlooking global human obesity as a major deterrent to welfare. This study has provided a holistic assessment of the causes of obesity in global contexts.
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MEDLINE
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En
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Nutr Health
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article
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Malásia