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Obesity among Poor Americans: Is Public Assistance the Problem?

Obesity among Poor Americans: Is Public Assistance the Problem?

Smith, Patricia K.

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Medical ReferenceGeneral SociologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 082651636X
ISBN13: 9780826516367
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: Jul 11 2009
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
Obesity costs our society billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and medical expenses, roughly half of which the federal government pays through Medicare and Medicaid. We know obesity plagues the poor more than the non-poor and poor women more than poor men. Poor women make up the majority of adult welfare recipients--coincidence or causal connection?

This book investigates the controversial claim by welfare critics that public assistance programs like Food Stamps and the National School Lunch programs contribute to obesity among the poor. The author synthesizes empirical evidence from an array of disciplines--anthropology, economics, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition science, marketing, psychology, public health, sociology, and urban planning--to test this claim and to test whether other causal processes are at work.

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