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Adult Obesity and Food Stores’ Density – Evidence from State-Level Panel Data

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  • Bonanno, Alessandro
  • Goetz, Stephan J.

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The association between types of food access and rising adult obesity rates is increasingly recognized, as a complement to the effects of declining physical activity. Previous studies have examined the effects on obesity of only a limited set of store types, such as grocery stores, fast food restaurants and big-box retailers, and they have ignored that certain behavioral factors, such as could play a role in the relationship between food access and obesity. This analysis includes a comprehensive array of food-providing establishments, including limited- and full-service restaurants controlling for fruit-and-vegetables (F&V) consumption (lagged temporally) using a panel data set for the continental U.S. states covering the period 1997-2005. The results show clearly that the density of food stores across the states matters. In addition, important and subtle nuances emerge in the relationships among obesity, F&V consumption and the different types of stores when we allow for interaction effects.

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  • Bonanno, Alessandro & Goetz, Stephan J., 2010. "Adult Obesity and Food Stores’ Density – Evidence from State-Level Panel Data," 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado 61341, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea10:61341
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61341
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    1. Xun Li & Rigoberto A. Lopez, 2016. "Food environment and weight outcomes: a stochastic frontier approach," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(47), pages 4526-4537, October.
    2. Bimbo, Francesco & Viscecchia, Rosaria & Nardone, Gianluca, 2012. "Does the alternative food supply network affect the human health?," 126th Seminar, June 27-29, 2012, Capri, Italy 126060, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    3. Ilunga, Yves T. & Saghaian, Sayed, 2015. "Impact of Access to Healthy Food and Lifestyle on Obesity: The Evidence from U.S. Counties," 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia 197546, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

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