Year: 2018
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the effects of trade in foods on obesity in Mexico.To do so, we match data on Mexican food imports from the U.S. with anthropometric and food expenditure data.Our findings suggest that exposure to food imports from the U.S. explains about ten percent of the rise in obesity prevalence among Mexican women between 1988 and 2012.Pro-obesity effects are driven by areas more exposed to unhealthy food imports.We also find evidence in favour of a price mechanism.By linking trade flows to obesity, the paper sheds light on an important channel through which globalisation may affect health.
DOI: 10.3386/w24942
Authors: Osea Giuntella, Matthias Rieger, Lorenzo Rotunno
Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques, Centrale Méditerranée, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca, International Fine Particle Research Institute, University of Oxford, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institute of International Studies, University of California Berkeley, John Fell Fund, University of Oxford, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
OpenAlex ID: W2990886027