Determinants of the Obesity ofAdults in Turkey: An Empirical Study

Seda Åžengul, Kenan Lopcu and Salih Cam

Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, 2020, vol. 20, issue 2, 60-71

Abstract: Obesity is arapidly increasing health problem in Turkey.In this study, it was aimed to determine how adults who are obese in Turkey are affected by variables such as age, gender, marital status, education, income, as well as health status, physical activity time, adult diabetes, emotion, depressive, exercise, walking, cycling. The used econometric model is a two-stage Heckman model.While the probit model in the first stage of the model is estimated for specifying the variables which affect the probability of adults being obese/overweight, the Tobitmodel in the second stage is estimated to determine the effects of these variables on the adult body mass index (BMI). Data from Health Surveys of the Turkish Statistical Institute for the year 2016 are used in the study.The results show that the probability of being obese and BMI increase in age at a decreasing rate. On the other hand, the level of education decreases the probability of being obese and body mass index. Males are more likely to be overweight and obese thanfemales, whereas the BMI of overweight-obese females is higher than the BMI of overweight-obese males. Inaddition,being marriedbeingmiddleorhighincome,beingdiabetic,beingdepressedandfeelingworthlessincrease the probability of being overweight-obeseandcausean increaseinBMI level,whilephysicalactivitiessuchasdailyexercisesandtaking regular walkscauseadecreaseinthe likelihoodof beingoverweight-obeseand BMI in Turkey

Keywords: Body mass index; Health; Heckman Model; Obesity; Physical activity; Sample selection bias; Socio-economic factors; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C24 C25 D01 D91 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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