The Influence of Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants on Health and Obesity: A West Virginia Case Study

被引：23

作者：

Amarasinghe, Anura ^{[2
]}

D'Souza, Gerard ^{[1
]}

Brown, Cheryl ^{[1
]}

Oh, Hyungna ^{[3
]}

Borisova, Tatiana ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] W Virginia Univ, Div Resource Management, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA

[2] Univ Western Australia, Sch Populat Hlth, Ctr Built Environm & Hlth, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia

[3] W Virginia Univ, Coll Business & Econ, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA

[4] Univ Florida, Dept Food & Resource Econ, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2009年 / 6卷 / 08期

关键词：

health; obesity; endogeneity; human capital; land use; Appalachia; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; EXOGENEITY; DEMAND; FOOD;

D O I：

10.3390/ijerph6082271

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

A recursive system of ordered self assessed health together with BRFSS data were used to investigate health and obesity in the Appalachian state of West Virginia. Implications of unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity of lifestyle outcomes on health were investigated. Obesity was found to be an endogenous lifestyle outcome associated with impaired health status. Risk of obesity is found to increase at a decreasing rate with per capita income and age. Intervention measures which stimulate human capital development, diet-disease knowledge and careful land use planning may improve health and obesity outcomes in Appalachia in particular and rural America in general.

引用

页码：2271 / 2287

页数：17

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