IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ehl/lserod/30826.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Fat city: questioning the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity

Author

Listed:
  • Eid, Jean
  • Overman, Henry G.
  • Puga, Diego
  • Turner, Matthew A.

Abstract

We study the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity. Using data that tracks individuals over time, we find no evidence that urban sprawl causes obesity. We show that previous findings of a positive relationship most likely reflect a failure to properly control for the fact the individuals who are more likely to be obese choose to live in more sprawling neighbourhoods. Our results indicate that current interest in changing the built environment to counter the rise in obesity is misguided.
(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)

Suggested Citation

  • Eid, Jean & Overman, Henry G. & Puga, Diego & Turner, Matthew A., 2008. "Fat city: questioning the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 30826, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:30826
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/30826/
    File Function: Open access version.
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Other versions of this item:

    Citations

    Blog mentions

    As found by EconAcademics.org, the blog aggregator for Economics research:
    1. The Chronicle of Higher Education Offers Articles on Sprawl's Bad Effects and on University President Pay
      by Matthew E. Kahn in Environmental and Urban Economics on 2012-01-26 04:32:00
    2. Urban Form and Public Health
      by Matthew E. Kahn in Legal Planet on 2012-01-26 09:16:54
    3. Urban Vibrancy and Shrinking the Household Carbon Footprint from Transportation
      by Matthew E. Kahn in Legal Planet on 2012-03-24 05:04:05
    4. Urban Vibrancy and Shrinking the Household Carbon Footprint from Transportation
      by Matthew E. Kahn in Legal Planet on 2012-03-24 05:04:05

    More about this item

    Keywords

    urban sprawl; obesity; selection effects;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:30826. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: LSERO Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/lsepsuk.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.