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What Lies Behind Socio-Economic Inequalities in Obesity in Spain? A Decomposition Approach
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The expansion of obesity stands as a major food related health concern arguably driven by a socio-economic vector. However, alongside its prevalence, still scant evidence has examined on the underlying factors that explain the emergence socio-economic inequalities in obesity. This paper makes use of evidence form Spain to empirically address the hypothesis of the existence of income-related inequalities in the probability of suffering obesity in Spain using data from 2003. Besides quantifying inequalities, we take advantage of a concentration index methodology that allows a decomposition of the cross-section explanatory factors. Our findings provide suggestive evidence of significant socio-economic inequalities in the probability of being obese in Spain. However, in decomposing such inequalities we find that education attainment and other demographic covariates appear to have a prominent influence. Hence, rather than the so-called pure ''income effect', we conclude that socio-economic inequalities in obesity result from the additional influence of other confounding -observed and unobserved-effects.
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COSTA I FONT, Joan and GIL, Joan. What Lies Behind Socio-Economic Inequalities in Obesity in Spain? A Decomposition Approach. Food Policy. 2008. Vol. 33, num. 1, pags. 61-73. ISSN 0306-9192. [consulted: 22 of May of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/107789