The super size of America
Subtitle: an economic estimation of body mass index and obesity in adults
By: Inas Rashad, Michael Grossman, Shin-Yi Chou.
Contributors: Grossman, Michael, 1942-; Chou, Shin-Yi.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11584; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11584.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Obesity -- United States -- Econometric models.; Obesity -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Econometric models.
Description: "The increased prevalence of obesity in the United States stresses the pressing need for answers as to why this rapid rise has occurred.  This paper employs micro-level data from the First, Second, and Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to determine the effects that various state-level variables have on body mass index and obesity.  These variables, which include the per capita number of restaurants, the gasoline tax, the cigarette tax, and clean indoor air laws, display many of the expected effects on obesity and explain a substantial amount of its trend.  These findings control for individual-level measures of household income, years of formal schooling completed, and marital status"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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