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Anti-fat discrimination in marriage more clearly explains the poverty–obesity paradox

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Daniel J. Hruschka  and
Seung-Yong Han
Daniel J. Hruschka
Affiliation:
School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402. dhruschk@asu.edu mroientalm@gmail.com
Seung-Yong Han
Affiliation:
School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402. dhruschk@asu.edu mroientalm@gmail.com
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Abstract

The target article proposes the insurance hypothesis as an explanation for higher levels of obesity among food-insecure women living in high-income countries. An alternative hypothesis based on anti-fat discrimination in marriage can also account for such correlations between poverty and obesity and is more consistent with finer-grained analyses by marital status, gender, and age.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e120
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