Poverty and Obesity as Political Indicators

IF 0.4 Q4 ECONOMICS

Economists Voice Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI:10.1515/ev-2017-0006

A. Drewnowski

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Abstract

Abstract Obesity in the US is treated as a medical condition, while its socioeconomic roots are all but ignored. Yet obesity was a univariate predictor of voting patterns in the 2016 presidential election at both state and county level. Health indicators, linked to socioeconomic variables, may be the new political force.

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贫穷和肥胖作为政治指标

在美国，肥胖被视为一种疾病，而其社会经济根源却几乎被忽视。然而，在2016年的总统大选中，肥胖是州和县两级投票模式的单变量预测因素。与社会经济变量相关的健康指标可能成为新的政治力量。

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