Alhassan Gloria Nnadwa, Alola Andrew Adewale, Bekun Festus Victor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cyprus International University, North Cyprus, Turkey.
CREDS-Centre for Research on Digitalization and Sustainability, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway.
Heliyon. 2023 Sep 1;9(9):e19569. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19569. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Given the recent rise in the adult obesity prevalence in the United States, the central and state-level governments and health agencies in the country are considering appropriate measures. Further motivation for this investigation stems from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG-3, 8, and 13), that highlights the need for sustainable health for all, sustainable decent economic growth amidst environmental sustainability. Driven by this motivation, this study investigates the validity of Obesity Kuznets curve (OKC) in the United States over the experimental period of 1975-2016. In addition, this study illustrates the (mediating) role of globalisation and biocapacity in controlling the prevalence of obesity in the United States. While the study established the validity of obesity Kuznets curve, especially in the short run, it found an inverted U-shaped relationship between globalisation and obesity for the United States. This interprets that a significant reduction in wealth-related health issues is achievable with increased (socioeconomic and political) globalisation policy amidst improved (socioeconomic) welfare of the Americans. Moreover, biocapacity showed a desirable impact on obesity since the short- and long-run relationship with a respective elasticity of 0.02 and 1.86 is negative and statistically significant. In general, this study puts forward policy from the perspective of socioeconomic and political globalisation and domestic welfare measures across the country.
鉴于美国近期成人肥胖患病率上升，该国中央和州政府以及卫生机构正在考虑采取适当措施。这项调查的进一步动机源于联合国可持续发展目标（联合国可持续发展目标3、8和13），这些目标强调了全民可持续健康、在环境可持续性背景下实现可持续的体面经济增长的必要性。受此动机驱动，本研究调查了1975年至2016年实验期内美国肥胖库兹涅茨曲线（OKC）的有效性。此外，本研究阐述了全球化和生态承载力在美国控制肥胖患病率方面的（中介）作用。虽然该研究证实了肥胖库兹涅茨曲线的有效性，尤其是在短期内，但研究发现美国的全球化与肥胖之间呈倒U形关系。这表明，在美国社会经济福利改善的情况下，通过加强（社会经济和政治）全球化政策，可以大幅减少与财富相关的健康问题。此外，生态承载力对肥胖有理想的影响，因为其短期和长期关系的弹性分别为0.02和1.86，呈负相关且具有统计学意义。总体而言，本研究从社会经济和政治全球化以及全国国内福利措施的角度提出了政策建议。
