Publication type
Journal Article
Author
Publication date
June 15, 2013
Summary:
This paper examines the proposition, set out in The Spirit Level, that inequality is associated with high levels of obesity. It reviews existing literature and uses British Household Panel Survey data to study how district‐level and regional‐level income inequality is related to obesity in the UK. This is likely to be the first study of its type that uses individual‐level data that is representative of the UKpopulation. We find little evidence to support policies that reduce income inequality with the aim of reducing obesity levels in the UK.
Published in
Economic Affairs
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 33 , p.232 -245
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecaf.12016
ISSN
2650665
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