Heterogeneous effects of obesity on mental health: Evidence from Mexico

Olivier Bargain and J. Zeidan

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Abstract: Obesity can spread more easily if it is not perceived negatively. This issue may be more pronounced among the poor, a conjecture that we test in this paper. We start with general evidence on the concave relationship between income and obesity, both across

Keywords: Mental Health; Obesity; Subjective Well-Being; Waist-To-Height Ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Health Economics (United Kingdom), 2019, 28 (4), pp.447-460. ⟨10.1002/hec.3852⟩

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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3852

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