A Short Note on Economic Development and Socioeconomic Inequality in Female Body Weight

Eva Deuchert, Sofie J. Cabus and Darjusch Tafreschi ()

No 1204, Economics Working Paper Series from University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science

Abstract: The origin of the obesity epidemic in developing countries is still poorly understood. It has been prominently argued that economic development provides a natural interpretation of the growth in obesity. This paper tests the main aggregated predictions of the theoretical framework to analyze obesity: Average female body weight is associated with economic development. In relatively poor countries, obesity is a phenomenon of the socioeconomic elite. With economic development, obesity shifts towards individuals with lower socioeconomic status.

Keywords: Obesity; socioeconomic inequality; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2012-02
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