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| Title |
Family income and body mass index – what have we learned from China
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Health Economics Review, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13561-016-0129-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fafanyo Asiseh, Jianfeng Yao |
| Abstract |
Obesity poses lots of health risks in both developing and developed countries. One thing that remains unclear is the relationship between family income and weight gain. This paper explores the relationship between family income and Body Mass Index (BMI) given variations in individual choice towards basic consumption and life quality improvement consumption as income increases. We use a nationally representative longitudinal data from China, the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), to estimate the relationship between income and weight gain. We conduct both cross sectional and panel data analysis to study the causal effects of family income on weight development. Unlike other literature that found inverse relationship between prevalence of obesity and family income in developing countries, in this paper, we find that BMI will first increase with family income at a decreasing rate, and then decrease which suggests that the group of middle class may suffer the high risk of being overweight and obese. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 39 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 15% |
| Researcher | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 20% |
| Unknown | 12 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 18% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 15% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 13 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 January 2017.
All research outputs
#12,913,968
of 22,903,988 outputs
Outputs from Health Economics Review
#155
of 430 outputs
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#195,380
of 415,669 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health Economics Review
#5
of 11 outputs
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