Obesity And Poverty
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The Economics Of Obesity
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Author : Tahereh Alavi Hojjat
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-02-22
The Economics Of Obesity written by Tahereh Alavi Hojjat and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-22 with Medical categories.
Providing a fascinating insight into the factors that influence individual choices regarding eating habits, diet and other behavioral patterns relevant to obesity, this book offers a new perspective about the relationship of obesity to poverty and inequality. The authors explore a unique socioeconomic model that helps build the framework to understand the causes of obesity and its relation to health, science, and economics. An essential read for policy makers who are seeking a framework to address this problem.
The Economics Of Obesity
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Author : Tahereh Alavi Hojjat
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-08-20
The Economics Of Obesity written by Tahereh Alavi Hojjat and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-20 with Medical categories.
Much has been written about the economic causes of obesity, but this book offers a comprehensive and deep investigation of the causes and treatment of these issues in a single volume. In the second edition, the author expands upon the serious threat that obesity poses not only to our health, but also to our society. Obesity costs billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and medical expenses. The social distribution of obesity has changed over time. Obesity rates in the United States continue to worsen in parallel with income inequality. Socioeconomic groups with low personal capital, levels of education, and income have higher obesity rates. In fact, the rate of obesity has increased the fastest among low-income Americans. The disproportionate burden of obesity on the poor poses an economic challenge and an ethical imperative. The link between obesity, inactivity, and poverty may be too costly to ignore because obesity-associated chronic disease already accounts for 70% of US healthcare costs. Although economic and technological changes in the environment drove the obesity epidemic, the evidence for effective economic policies to prevent obesity remains limited. The new edition brings together a multitude of topics on obesity previously not discussed with a particular emphasis on the influence of poverty and income inequality on obesity including: Economic Analysis: Behavioral Patterns, Diet Choice, and the Role of Government Income and Wealth Inequality and Obesity Social Mobility and Health Food Policies, Government Interventions, and Reducing Poverty The Economics of Obesity is an essential text for readers interested in learning about the causes and consequences of obesity within a social context including students, academicians, and practitioners in public health, medicine, social sciences, and health economics, both in and outside of the United States. US and international policy-makers also will find the book a salient read in addressing the issues that contribute to the cycle of poverty, income inequality, and obesity.
Obesity And Poverty
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Author : Manuel Peña
language : en
Publisher: Pan American Health Org
Release Date : 2000
Obesity And Poverty written by Manuel Peña and has been published by Pan American Health Org this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Caribbean Area categories.
Obesity and overweight have been under estimated as public health problems in Latin America and the Caribbean and both conditions are on the rise in the region. This book is a review of the prevalence of the problem and the medium and long term adverse effects of the conditions and the implications for planning public health actions.
Obesity Among Poor Americans
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Author : Patricia K. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-10
Obesity Among Poor Americans written by Patricia K. Smith and has been published by Vanderbilt University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-10 with Business & Economics categories.
Obesity costs our society billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and medical expenses, roughly half of which the federal government pays through Medicare and Medicaid. We know obesity plagues the poor more than the non-poor and poor women more than poor men. Poor women make up the majority of adult welfare recipients--coincidence or causal connection? This book investigates the controversial claim by welfare critics that public assistance programs like Food Stamps and the National School Lunch programs contribute to obesity among the poor. The author synthesizes empirical evidence from an array of disciplines--anthropology, economics, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition science, marketing, psychology, public health, sociology, and urban planning--to test this claim and to test whether other causal processes are at work. With a lucid presentation that makes it a model for applying research to questions of social policy, the book lays out the different hypotheses and the possible causal pathways within each. The four central chapters test whether "public assistance causes obesity," "obesity causes public assistance," "poverty causes both public assistance and obesity," and "Factor X causes both." The factors in the last category that may relate to both public assistance and obesity include stress, disability, and physical abuse.
Trends In Poverty And Welfare Alleviation Issues
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Author : Marie V. Lane
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2006
Trends In Poverty And Welfare Alleviation Issues written by Marie V. Lane and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Poverty categories.
Poverty is a social fact of life for billions of people around the world. The developed countries abhor poverty, or seem to, for several reasons. Perhaps it is a blotch on their consciences. Perhaps there is a genuine desire to help those who are not prospering while others around them are. Perhaps they wish to pay lip service to the good cause of eliminating either poverty or the poor, whichever comes first. This book brings together new economic research on programs and policies related to poverty and its elimination or alleviation.
Relationship Between Family Income And Obesity
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Author : Charles D. Boison, PhD
language : en
Publisher: Book Venture Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Relationship Between Family Income And Obesity written by Charles D. Boison, PhD and has been published by Book Venture Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with Health & Fitness categories.
American participants living in Durham, North Carolina (NC). Studies have shown low income African Americans are disproportionately affected by chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol, due to poor eating habits or diets. Some studies have also reported higher rates of obesity amongst high income earners. The purpose of this research is to address the inconsistency, as well as fill the gap in the literature on this topic.
Obesity And Socioeconomic Status In Adults
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Obesity And Socioeconomic Status In Adults written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Adulthood categories.
Obesity
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Author : YWCA.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Obesity written by YWCA. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.
Salt Sugar Fat
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Author : Michael Moss
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-02-26
Salt Sugar Fat written by Michael Moss and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-26 with Business & Economics categories.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Atlantic • The Huffington Post • Men’s Journal • MSN (U.K.) • Kirkus Reviews • Publishers Weekly #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD FOR WRITING AND LITERATURE Every year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese and seventy pounds of sugar. Every day, we ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt, double the recommended amount, almost none of which comes from the shakers on our table. It comes from processed food, an industry that hauls in $1 trillion in annual sales. In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we ended up here. Featuring examples from Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Frito-Lay, Nestlé, Oreos, Capri Sun, and many more, Moss’s explosive, empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, eye-opening research. He takes us into labs where scientists calculate the “bliss point” of sugary beverages, unearths marketing techniques taken straight from tobacco company playbooks, and talks to concerned insiders who make startling confessions. Just as millions of “heavy users” are addicted to salt, sugar, and fat, so too are the companies that peddle them. You will never look at a nutrition label the same way again. Praise for Salt Sugar Fat “[Michael] Moss has written a Fast Food Nation for the processed food industry. Burrowing deep inside the big food manufacturers, he discovered how junk food is formulated to make us eat more of it and, he argues persuasively, actually to addict us.”—Michael Pollan “If you had any doubt as to the food industry’s complicity in our obesity epidemic, it will evaporate when you read this book.”—The Washington Post “Vital reading for the discerning food consumer.”—The Wall Street Journal “The chilling story of how the food giants have seduced everyone in this country . . . Michael Moss understands a vital and terrifying truth: that we are not just eating fast food when we succumb to the siren song of sugar, fat, and salt. We are fundamentally changing our lives—and the world around us.”—Alice Waters “Propulsively written [and] persuasively argued . . . an exactingly researched, deeply reported work of advocacy journalism.”—The Boston Globe “A remarkable accomplishment.”—The New York Times Book Review
The Surgeon General S Call To Action To Prevent And Decrease Overweight And Obesity
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Office of the Surgeon General
Release Date : 2001
The Surgeon General S Call To Action To Prevent And Decrease Overweight And Obesity written by and has been published by Office of the Surgeon General this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Health & Fitness categories.
Promotes the recognition, treatment, and prevention of conditions of overweight and obesity in the United States.