Socio-economic and Demographic factors affecting the likelihood of being an overweight Korean woman

Padmanand Madhavan Nambiar, Wojciech J. Florkowski and Dong-Kyun Suh

No 98640, 2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Using data from urban Korean women survey the study examines factors associated with the BMI >= 25, indicating overweight or obesity. Logit equation results identify low income, low education, household location and preference for convenience, sweet-tasting foods and home vegetable processing as characteristics linked to a high BMI.

Keywords: Health; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.98640

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