Low-income and overweight in China: Evidence from a life-course utility model

Previous literature has demonstrated that low-income people are more likely to settle for poor health choices in developed countries. By using income as a budget constraint and signal for future wellbeing in a life-course utility model, we examine the association amongst income and overweight. The d...

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Main Authors: Yan-jun REN, Bente Castro Campos, Jens-Peter Loy, Stephan Brosig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311919626912