Obesity and risk knowledge
Obesity and risk knowledge
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.12.006
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Tsai, WD
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作者：
Kan, K;Tsai, WD
肥胖症在许多发达国家是一种流行性健康问题，在发展中国家、转型期国家和新发达国家也是一个新出现的公共卫生问题。本研究的目的是调查个人对肥胖的健康风险的认识与他们肥胖倾向（以“身体质量指数”衡量）之间的关系。而不是假设肥胖是一个纯粹的生理问题，在以前的研究中，我们允许个人的成本/效益评估发挥作用。本研究以台湾地区的调查资料为基础，运用分位数回归技术，探讨两者之间的关系。结果表明，这种关系确实存在，它是不同的男性和女性。(C)2004 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
Obesity is an epidemic health problem in many developed countries, and it is an emerging public health concern in developing, transitional, and newly developed countries. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between individuals' knowledge concerning the health risks of obesity and their tendency to be obese (as measured by the "body mass index"). Instead of assuming that obesity is a pure physiological problem as in previous studies, we allow an individual's cost/benefit evaluation to play a role. Based on survey data from Taiwan, we investigate the relationship with the quantile regression technique. The results suggest that such a relationship does exist and it is different for males and females. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.