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The determinants of racial disparities in obesity: baseline evidence from a natural experiment.

Thomas Durfee1,2, Samuel Myers1,2, Julian Wolfson3, Molly DeMarco4,5, Lisa Harnack6, Caitlin Caspi7,8.   

Abstract

This paper uses baseline data from an observational study to estimate the determinants of racial and gender disparities in obesity. Samples of low-income workers in Minneapolis and Raleigh reveal that respondents in Minneapolis have lower Body Mass Indices (BMIs) than respondents in Raleigh. There are large, statistically significant race and gender effects in estimates of BMI that explain most of the disparity between the two cities. Accounting for intersectionality - the joint impacts of being Black and a woman - reveals that almost all the BMI gaps between Black women in Minneapolis and Raleigh can be explained by age and education differences.

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Keywords:  Body Mass Index (BMI); Food Insecurity; I14 Health and Inequality; J08 Labor Economics Policies; J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Minimum Wage; Racial Disparity

Year:  2021        PMID： 35281475      PMCID： PMC8916540          DOI： 10.1017/age.2021.21

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Agric Resour Econ Rev        ISSN： 1068-2805


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