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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Obesity, Poverty and Income Inequality in USA: Evidence from Panel Cointegration and Mixed Model Methodology


Author(s): Tahereh Alavi Hojjat, Monir Uddin Ahmed

Citation: Tahereh Alavi Hojjat, Monir Uddin Ahmed, (2018) "Obesity, Poverty and Income Inequality in USA: Evidence from Panel Cointegration and Mixed Model Methodology," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 20, Iss.3,  pp. 126-157

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

Over the past several decades, obesity has grown into a major global epidemic. Obesity in the United
States is widely acknowledged to be a severe and growing problem. In this paper, economic costs of
obesity are discussed with an emphasis on healthcare costs, as obesity is perhaps among the largest
contributing factor to high costs of health care in America. Stemming the obesity epidemic cannot be
separated from stemming the tide of poverty and income inequality gap. In this study, we used panelcointegration test using data from 1998-2012 and our results suggests that there is a long-run
relationship among obesity, inequality and poverty.