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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| Format: | Working paper |
| Language: | English |
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Nuffield College (University of Oxford)
2010
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