Economic growth and obesity: findings of an Obesity Kuznets curve
Economic growth and obesity: findings of an Obesity Kuznets curve
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DOI：
10.1080/13504851.2014.955251
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发表时间：
2015-05-03
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Rotthoff, Kurt W.
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作者：
Grecu, Anca M.;Rotthoff, Kurt W.
Simon Kuznets（1955）的假说认为，随着一个国家的发展，不平等首先增加，然后减少的自然周期也会发展，这一假说被称为Kuznets曲线。这种模式也被应用于环境，即“环境库兹涅茨曲线”，表明随着发展，污染首先增加;然后减少，因为人们重视清洁空气。我们将库兹涅茨曲线扩展为“肥胖库兹涅茨曲线”;随着收入的增加，资源变得可用于购买更多的食物。因此，人们消耗更多的卡路里，肥胖率增加。然而，随着收入的不断增加，个人健康成为一种更有价值的资产，人们降低了肥胖水平（提高了健康水平）。我们发现了白色女性肥胖库兹涅茨曲线的证据。此外，我们发现，随着收入不平等的增加，肥胖率下降。
Simon Kuznets' (1955) hypothesis that as a country develops, a natural cycle develops where inequality first increases, then decreases, has become known as the Kuznets curve. This pattern has also been applied to the environment, an 'Environmental Kuznets curve', showing that as development occurs, pollution first increases; then decreases because people value clean air. We expand the Kuznets curve to an 'Obesity Kuznets curve'; as incomes rise, resources become available to buy more food. As such, people consume more calories and obesity rates increase. However, as incomes continue to rise, personal health becomes a more valued asset and people decrease their obesity levels (increasing their health levels). We find evidence of an Obesity Kuznets curve for white females. In addition, we find that as income inequality increases, obesity rates fall.