Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China

Nie, Peng; Ding, Lanlin; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso

Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China

dc.contributor.author	Nie, Peng	de
dc.contributor.author	Ding, Lanlin	de
dc.contributor.author	Sousa-Poza, Alfonso	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:56:25Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:56:25Z
dc.date.created	2018-10-23
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist circumference) distributions between 1991 and 2011 among adults aged 20+ in China. To do so, we quantify the source and extent of temporal changes in bodyweight and then decompose the increase in obesity prevalence into two components: a rightward shift of the bodyweight distribution (mean growth) and a (re)distributional skewing. Our analysis reveals a clear rightward distributional shift combined with a leftward skewing. Although the relatively large size of this skewing in the first decade analysed reflects an increase in obesity inequality, this inequality growth subsides in the second decade. Nevertheless, over the entire 20-year period, obesity inequality increases significantly, especially among females, younger age groups, rural residents and individuals with low socioeconomic status.	en
dc.identifier.swb	512259259
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6317
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-15403
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2018,24
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	BMI	en
dc.subject	Waist circumference	en
dc.subject	Obesity inequality	en
dc.subject	Decomposition	en
dc.subject	China	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	China	de
dc.subject.gnd	Übergewicht	de
dc.title	Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	530	de
local.opus.number	1540
local.series.issueNumber	2018,24
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Household and Consumer Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Health Care & Public Management	de

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