title: The impact of macroeconomic conditions on obesity in Canada.
abstract: The paper used longitudinal Canadian data from the National Population Health Survey to estimate the impact of macroeconomic conditions measured by provincial unemployment rate on individual obesity and BMI. To control for individual-specific unobserved heterogeneity, the study utilized the conditional fixed effect logit and fixed effects models. The study found that unemployment rate had a significant positive impact on the probability of being severely obese. The study also found that unemployment rate significantly increased BMI. However, the study did not find any significant impact of unemployment rate on the probability of being overweight or obese.
authors.affiliation: Economics, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Latif
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012923:Social Class; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: obesity; unemployment