Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Dec;19(12):2327-35. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.130. Epub 2011 May 26.
The rise of obesity in the United States over the past 25 years has resulted in an increase in the number of research studies published related to the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to the problem. Most would agree that obesity is a multi-dimensional problem that requires a range of solutions related to individual diet and activity, food and built environment, and public policy. Examination of complex relationships between food choice, time use patterns, sociodemographic characteristics and obesity has been limited by data availability and disciplinary focus. Using the theory of the production of health capital, this paper links empirical data from the Consumer Expenditure, Current Population, and American Time Use Surveys to provide estimates of the impacts of food expenditure and time use patterns on obesity in single female headed households of 31-50 years of age.
过去 25 年来,美国肥胖人口的增加导致与肥胖成因、后果及可能解决方案相关的研究数量有所增加。大多数人认为,肥胖是一个多层面的问题,需要在个人饮食和活动、食物和建筑环境以及公共政策方面采取一系列措施。受数据获取和学科重点的限制,人们对食物选择、时间利用模式、社会人口特征与肥胖之间的复杂关系的研究有限。本文运用健康资本生产理论,将消费者支出、当前人口和美国时间利用调查中的实证数据联系起来,对 31 至 50 岁单身女性家庭的食物支出和时间利用模式对肥胖的影响进行了估算。