Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33275 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1814
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper uses longitudinal micro-evidence from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the obesity phenomenon in nine EU countries from 1998 to 2001. The author documents cross-country prevalence, trends and cohort-age profiles of obesity among adults and analyses the socioeconomic factors contributing to the problem. The associated costs of obesity are also investigated, both in terms of health status, health care spending and absenteeism.
Subjects: 
obesity
body mass index
demand for health care
JEL: 
I12
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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