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| Title |
An economic analysis of adult obesity: results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Health Economics, May 2004
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.10.003 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shin-Yi Chou, Michael Grossman, Henry Saffer |
| Abstract |
This paper examines the factors that may be responsible for the 50% increase in the number of obese adults in the US since the late 1970s. We employ the 1984-1999 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, augmented with state level measures pertaining to the per capita number of fast-food and full-service restaurants, the prices of a meal in each type of restaurant, food consumed at home, cigarettes, and alcohol, and clean indoor air laws. Our main results are that these variables have the expected effects on obesity and explain a substantial amount of its trend. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 378 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 359 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 70 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 57 | 15% |
| Researcher | 53 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 48 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 26 | 7% |
| Other | 76 | 20% |
| Unknown | 48 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 99 | 26% |
| Social Sciences | 54 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 53 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 69 | 18% |
| Unknown | 72 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2022.
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