期刊名称:Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis
电子版ISSN:2070-5948
出版年度:2012
卷号:5
期号:3
页码:418-424
DOI:10.1285/i20705948v5n3p418
语种:English
出版社:University of Salento
摘要:The problem of studying the causes of obesity is largely discussed in the literature by experts in nutrition and related diseases and is of special interest in most recent years among scholars of business disciplines, especially as regards the impact on socio-health costs. After an overview of the geographical differences of obesity, related, as is well known, non only to eating habits, but also to lifestyle in general, as well as hereditary factors, the purpose of this paper is try to trace the main functional relationships between BMI and healthcare costs
关键词:obesity;health-care expenditure; overweingh; social costs