What Environmental and Demographic Factors Are Significant Determinants of Obesity? Público

Abstract

In this paper, I investigate potential environmental and demographic factors that may be
contributing to the obesity epidemic. I specifically focus on the effects of food away from home
(FAFH) expenditure, as well as the effects of restaurant density (both fast food and full-service),
on obesity rates in a given area. Using county-level data, my results suggest that FAFH
expenditure is positively related to obesity rates. For restaurant density, my model predicts that
the number of fast food restaurants per capita is positively correlated with obesity, but that the
number of full-service restaurants per capita may be negatively correlated with obesity.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Background Literature

3. Conceptual and Empirical Model

4. Data

5. Results

6. Conclusion, Limitations, and Future Research

7. References

8. Table 1

9. Table 2

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School	Emory College
Department	Economics and Mathematics
Degree	BA
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Economics, General
Palabra Clave	fast food restaurants food away from home consumption full-service restaurants obesity
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Frisvold, David, Emory University
Committee Members	Veneziani, Alessandro, Emory University McCauley, Robert, Emory University

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