The impact of agricultural subsidies on obesity

Wunderlich, Anne C.; Kohler, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27332

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	The impact of agricultural subsidies on obesity
Authors:	Wunderlich, Anne C. Kohler, Andreas
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439 10.21256/zhaw-27332
Published in:	Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Volume(Issue):	10
Issue:	100439
Issue Date:	2022
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	2666-1543
Language:	English
Subjects:	BMI; Consumer support estimate; Double-lasso; Machine-learning
Subject (DDC):	338: Production 616: Internal medicine and diseases
Abstract:	Farm subsidies are on the rise. Such subsidies can be paid either through transfers from tax payers (PSE) or at the expense of consumers (CSE) or both. As farm subsidies may have an influence on food prices, it makes certain farm commodities more abundant and therefore cheaper. This paper aims to investigate if such subsidies can contribute in explaining rising obesity rates worldwide. We use data on farm subsidies and obesity data from OECD and FAO and distinguish two models to investigate the different effects: on the one hand on overweight (BMI above 25 to 30) and on the other hand on obesity (BMI above 30). Regression analysis shows that farm subsidies may be too low to have an effect on overweight or obesity and conclude that rising obesity is probably better fought on a national level instead trying to fight it on a cross-country level.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/27332
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	Winterthur Institute of Health Economics (WIG)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Management and Law

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Wunderlich, A. C., & Kohler, A. (2022). The impact of agricultural subsidies on obesity. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 10(100439). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439

Wunderlich, A.C. and Kohler, A. (2022) ‘The impact of agricultural subsidies on obesity’, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 10(100439). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439.

A. C. Wunderlich and A. Kohler, “The impact of agricultural subsidies on obesity,” Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, vol. 10, no. 100439, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439.

WUNDERLICH, Anne C. und Andreas KOHLER, 2022. The impact of agricultural subsidies on obesity. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 2022. Bd. 10, Nr. 100439. DOI 10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439

Wunderlich, Anne C., and Andreas Kohler. 2022. “The Impact of Agricultural Subsidies on Obesity.” Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 10 (100439). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439.

Wunderlich, Anne C., and Andreas Kohler. “The Impact of Agricultural Subsidies on Obesity.” Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, vol. 10, no. 100439, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439.