Obesity under affluence varies by welfare regimes: The effect of fast food, insecurity and inequality

Among affluent countries, those with market-liberal welfare regimes (which are also English-speaking) tend to have the highest prevalence of obesity. The impact of cheap, accessible high-energy food is often invoked in explanation. An alternative approach is that overeating is a response to stress,...

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Main Authors: Offer, A, Pechey, R, Ulijaszek, S
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2010