An economic analysis of adult obesity: results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

被引：528

作者：

Chou, SY

Grossman, M

Saffer, H

机构：

[1] Natl Bur Econ Res, New York, NY 10016 USA

[2] Lehigh Univ, Dept Econ, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA

[3] CUNY, Grad Ctr, PhD Program Econ, New York, NY 10016 USA

[4] Kean Univ New Jersey, Dept Econ & Finance, Union, NJ 07083 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2004年 / 23卷 / 03期

关键词：

obesity body mass index; fast-food restaurant;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.10.003

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper examines the factors that may be responsible for the 50% increase in the number of obese adults in the US since the late 1970s. We employ the 1984-1999 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, augmented with state level measures pertaining to the per capita number of fast-food and full-service restaurants, the prices of a meal in each type of restaurant, food consumed at home, cigarettes, and alcohol, and clean indoor air laws. Our main results are that these variables have the expected effects on obesity and explain a substantial amount of its trend. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：565 / 587

页数：23

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