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Obesity and diabetes, the built environment, and the ‘local’ food economy in the United States, 2007

Salois, M. (2012) Obesity and diabetes, the built environment, and the ‘local’ food economy in the United States, 2007. Economics and Human Biology, 10 (1). pp. 35-42. ISSN 1570-677X

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.04.001

Abstract/Summary

Obesity and diabetes are increasingly attributed to environmental factors, however, little attention has been paid to the influence of the ‘local’ food economy. This paper examines the association of measures relating to the built environment and ‘local’ agriculture with U.S. county-level prevalence of obesity and diabetes. Key indicators of the ‘local’ food economy include the density of farmers’ markets and the presence of farms with direct sales. This paper employs a robust regression estimator to account for non-normality of the data and to accommodate outliers. Overall, the built environment is associated with the prevalence of obesity and diabetes and a strong local’ food economy may play an important role in prevention. Results imply considerable scope for community-level interventions.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
ID Code:25015
Publisher:Elsevier

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