| 书目名称 | The Economics of Obesity | | 副标题 | Poverty, Income Ineq | | 编辑 | Tahereh Alavi Hojjat | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Discusses policies that could reverse the obesity epidemic, improve financial wellbeing, halt decline in life expectancy.Provides a unique framework for government policy to influence the social conte | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | Much has been written about the economic causes of obesity, but this book offers a comprehensive and deep investigation of the causes and treatment of these issues in a single volume. In the second edition, the author expands upon the serious threat that obesity poses not only to our health, but also to our society. Obesity costs billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and medical expenses. .The social distribution of obesity has changed over time. Obesity rates in the United States continue to worsen in parallel with income inequality. Socioeconomic groups with low personal capital, levels of education, and income have higher obesity rates. In fact, the rate of obesity has increased the fastest among low-income Americans. The disproportionate burden of obesity on the poor poses an economic challenge and an ethical imperative. The link between obesity, inactivity, and poverty may be too costly to ignore because obesity-associated chronic disease already accounts for 70% of US healthcare costs. Although economic and technological changes in the environment drove the obesity epidemic, the evidence for effective economic policies to prevent obesity remains limited..The new edi | | 出版日期 | Book 2021Latest edition | | 关键词 | Obesity; Poverty; health economics; Medical costs; Health equity; Inequality gap; Health economics; Health | | 版次 | 2 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78487-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-78489-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-78487-4 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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