Globalization and obesity: a logitudinal, cross-national examination of a global epidemic

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Title Globalization and obesity: a logitudinal, cross-national examination of a global epidemic
Publication Type dissertation
School or College College of Social & Behavioral Science
Department Sociology
Author Wrathall, Jonathan Andrew
Date 2014-05
Description Obesity is gaining attention as a worldwide problem, particularly among poor and emerging economies. Evaluating leading obesogenic theoretical pathways from a global structural perspective exposes the effect of globalization on body weight. I test competing obesogenic pathways cross-nationally to assess economic development and food security mechanisms among poor nations. I also test the influence of structural convergence theories on body mass to measure their respective magnitudes. Cross-national longitudinal regression analyses are implemented to develop obesity theory sympathetic to macrostructural research in economic development. Results suggest international obesity to be, in part, the effect of counterintuitive effects of foreign investment exacerbated by existing economic vulnerabilities.
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Publisher University of Utah
Subject Global economy; Globalization; Longitudinal analysis; Nongovernmental organizations; Obesity
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Doctor of Philosophy
Language eng
Rights Management Copyright © Jonathan Andrew Wrathall 2014
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd77r4
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