Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?

Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?

Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to which the nutritional composition of food consumed away from home is behind this rise, and the links with socioeconomic status, is n...

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Main Authors: Strupat, Christoph, Farfan, Gabriela, Moritz, Laura, Negre, Mario, Vakis, Renos
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
OBESITY
DIET
NUTRITION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883261574446634880/Obesity-and-Food-away-from-Home-What-Drives-the-Socioeconomic-Gradient-in-Excess-Body-Weight
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spelling okr-10986-328072022-09-20T00:13:56Z Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ? Strupat, Christoph Farfan, Gabriela Moritz, Laura Negre, Mario Vakis, Renos OBESITY DIET NUTRITION Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to which the nutritional composition of food consumed away from home is behind this rise, and the links with socioeconomic status, is not yet well understood. This paper explores this question by combining a representative restaurant survey that includes detailed information on the nutritional composition of the most widely consumed meals in Metropolitan Lima and a representative household survey with anthropometric measures of adult women. The findings indicate that the nutritional quality in restaurants located in the food environment of the households is significantly associated with higher rates of obesity and overweight. Up to 15 percent of the socioeconomic gradient in obesity is attributable to restaurant food quality, with sodium being the main driver. This highlights the importance of considering the food environment to inform public health policies, particularly for the poor. 2019-12-06T21:02:38Z 2019-12-06T21:02:38Z 2019-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883261574446634880/Obesity-and-Food-away-from-Home-What-Drives-the-Socioeconomic-Gradient-in-Excess-Body-Weight http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32807 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9066 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Peru
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DIET
NUTRITION
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DIET
NUTRITION
Strupat, Christoph
Farfan, Gabriela
Moritz, Laura
Negre, Mario
Vakis, Renos
Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
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relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9066
description Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to which the nutritional composition of food consumed away from home is behind this rise, and the links with socioeconomic status, is not yet well understood. This paper explores this question by combining a representative restaurant survey that includes detailed information on the nutritional composition of the most widely consumed meals in Metropolitan Lima and a representative household survey with anthropometric measures of adult women. The findings indicate that the nutritional quality in restaurants located in the food environment of the households is significantly associated with higher rates of obesity and overweight. Up to 15 percent of the socioeconomic gradient in obesity is attributable to restaurant food quality, with sodium being the main driver. This highlights the importance of considering the food environment to inform public health policies, particularly for the poor.
format Working Paper
author Strupat, Christoph
Farfan, Gabriela
Moritz, Laura
Negre, Mario
Vakis, Renos
author_facet Strupat, Christoph
Farfan, Gabriela
Moritz, Laura
Negre, Mario
Vakis, Renos
author_sort Strupat, Christoph
title Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?
title_short Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?
title_full Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?
title_fullStr Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?
title_full_unstemmed Obesity and Food Away from Home : What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?
title_sort obesity and food away from home : what drives the socioeconomic gradient in excess body weight ?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883261574446634880/Obesity-and-Food-away-from-Home-What-Drives-the-Socioeconomic-Gradient-in-Excess-Body-Weight
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