Global impact on human obesity – A robust non-linear panel data analysis
Nutrition and Health, cilt.30, sa.3, ss.531-548, 2024 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.1177/02601060221129142
- Dergi Adı: Nutrition and Health
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, ASSIA, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.531-548
- Anahtar Kelimeler: global economy, global education, global environment, global health, global nutrition, globesity, information asymmetry, macroeconomic policy, Perceived wellbeing
- İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Purpose: Recent studies in economics showed that humans are bounded rational. This being consumers, they are not perfect judges of what matters for the standard of living. While with a marked increase in economic and social wellbeing, there is a consistent rise in obesity levels, especially in the developed world. Thus, this study intends to explore the empirical and socio-economic antecedents of human obesity across countries using six global indexes. Methods: This study used the data of 40 countries between 1975 to 2018 and used the Panel FGLS Regression with the quadratic specification. Findings: The results showed that health and food indicators increase global human obesity, environment and education indicators decrease global human obesity, and economic and social indicators follow an inverted U-shaped pattern in affecting global human obesity. Originality: Previous studies have used infant mortality and life expectancy as the major health indicator in determining the standard of living while overlooking global human obesity as a major deterrent to welfare. This study has provided a holistic assessment of the causes of obesity in global contexts.