Memory and Obesity: Theory and Empirical EvidenceEvidence

Qiyan Zeng, Xiaohua Yu and Te Bao
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Qiyan Zeng: Renmin University of China and University of Gottingen

No 1806, Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series from Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre

Abstract: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is a rapidly growing threat to human health worldwide. Based on the theory of memory utility, w e explore the effect of memory capacity on over weight and weight control by building a theoretical model and conducting related empirical research by a double hurdle model . The result shows that better memory capacity c an lead to higher probability of overweight and obesity , while it may also help to the overweight individuals to lose weight The different effects of memory results from the balance of memory utility from food consumption and memory disutility from obesity

Keywords: memory capacity; memory utility; memory disutility; overweight and obesity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D15 I12 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2018-06
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