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

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dc.contributor.authorStrupat, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorFarfan, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorMoritz, Laura
dc.contributor.authorNegre, Mario
dc.contributor.authorVakis, Renos
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-06T21:02:38Z
dc.date.available2019-12-06T21:02:38Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractRising 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883261574446634880/Obesity-and-Food-away-from-Home-What-Drives-the-Socioeconomic-Gradient-in-Excess-Body-Weight
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9066
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/32807
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9066
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectOBESITY
dc.subjectDIET
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.titleObesity and Food Away from Homeen
dc.title.subtitleWhat Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight ?en
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okr.crossref.titleObesity and Food Away from Home: What Drives the Socioeconomic Gradient in Excess Body Weight?
okr.date.disclosure2019-11-22
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okr.docurlhttp://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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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9066
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America and Caribbean
okr.region.countryPeru
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okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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