Abstract
ABSTRACT
Society is well aware of the health impacts and societal costs of obesity. This study examines the variables that best predict obesity such as population, poverty, household income, education, unemployment, uninsured, and being a single parent. Simply ensuring and improving access to healthy food is an insufficient public policy. This study uses both descriptive and analytical methods and utilizes a comparison of a cross-section data set. The results show that access to healthy food had little impact on the obesity rate. Rather, a respondent’s race, poverty, and education are more significant predictors of obesity.
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Vohra, Rubina
(2024)
"Obesity and Health Alarms: Is It Only About Food Deserts?,"
The Coastal Business Journal: Vol. 20:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/cbj/vol20/iss1/1