%0 Report
        %A Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna
        %T The Obesity Epidemic in Europe
        %D 2005
        %8 2005 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 1814
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1814
        %X This paper uses longitudinal micro-evidence from the European Community Household Panel
to investigate the obesity phenomenon in nine EU countries from 1998 to 2001. The author
documents cross-country prevalence, trends and cohort-age profiles of obesity among adults
and analyses the socioeconomic factors contributing to the problem. The associated costs of
obesity are also investigated, both in terms of health status, health care spending and
absenteeism.
        %K demand for health care
%K body mass index
%K obesity