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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2006
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UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series No. WP06/27
Verlag: 
University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics, Dublin
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper proposes a new method of measuring obesity using Body Mass Index (BMI) data. Conventional measures which simply count the number of individuals with BMI in excess of an upper limit ignore the extent by which individuals exceed BMI limits and also the increased risk ratios for various conditions associated very high levels of BMI. This paper suggests that measures currently used in the poverty literature can be usefully applied to measure obesity and provide us with measures which may be more relevant from a policy perspective. The approach is applied to data for Ireland.
Schlagwörter: 
Obesity
Body Mass Index
JEL: 
I12
I31
I32
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