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Economics of Health, Obesity and the Built Environment: Empirical Investigations and Policy Implications - Couverture souple

Amarasinghe, Anura; D?Souza, Gerard

 
9783639219913: Economics of Health, Obesity and the Built Environment: Empirical Investigations and Policy Implications
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639219910 ISBN 13 : 9783639219913
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

Synopsis

Over the past decade, non-communicable health outcomes such as overweight and obesity have been escalating in epidemic proportions across the U.S. and, more prominently, in economically lagging geographic regions. This book examines the socioeconomic, demographic, and spatial characteristics of overweight and obesity and the resulting policy implications. The economically lagging Appalachia state of West Virginia (WV) is used as a case study. The analysis systematically integrates economic theory, human health and behavioural outcomes and econometric modeling to facilitate understanding of the obesity epidemic. Thus, this book can serve as a standard reference for students, scholars, and public health advocates across disciplines, seeking to enhance their understanding of obesity and health particularly as they relate to the built environment and to economically lagging geographic regions.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Over the past decade, non-communicable health outcomes such as overweight and obesity have been escalating in epidemic proportions across the U.S. and, more prominently, in economically lagging geographic regions. This book examines the socioeconomic, demographic, and spatial characteristics of overweight and obesity and the resulting policy implications. The economically lagging Appalachia state of West Virginia (WV) is used as a case study. The analysis systematically integrates economic theory, human health and behavioural outcomes and econometric modeling to facilitate understanding of the obesity epidemic. Thus, this book can serve as a standard reference for students, scholars, and public health advocates across disciplines, seeking to enhance their understanding of obesity and health particularly as they relate to the built environment and to economically lagging geographic regions.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639219910
ISBN 13 
9783639219913
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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