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Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality in Obesity: Looking Beyond the Obesity Threshold

We combine two of the most widely used measures in the inequality and poverty literature, the concentration index and Foster–Greer–Thorbecke metric to the analysis of socioeconomic inequality in obesity. This enables us to describe socioeconomic inequality not only in obesity status but also in its...

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Autores principales: Bilger, Marcel, Kruger, Eliza J., Finkelstein, Eric A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27515829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3383