Overweight: What Are its Costs and What Could Be Done?

Marina Kolosnitsyna and Arina Berdnikova ()
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Arina Berdnikova: Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia

Applied Econometrics, 2009, vol. 15, issue 3, 72-93

Abstract: Global patterns of overweight and obesity trends, main factors influencing the process and instruments for public intervention are discussed. Special attention is paid to implications (economic costs) of overweight. By using RLMS data the authors estimate prevalence of overweight and obesity in Russia and identify its specific features. Estimations of direct and indirect costs of overweight for Russia are provided.

Keywords: overweight; obesity; public health; body mass index; direct and indirect costs of overweight (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 I18 J17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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