Obesity among Poor Americans: Is Public Assistance the Problem?

摘要: Obesity costs our society billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and medical expenses, roughly half which the federal government pays through Medicare Medicaid. We know that obesity plagues poor more than nonpoor women men. Poor make up majority adult welfare recipients - coincidence or causal connection? This book investigates controversial claim by critics public assistance programs like Food Stamp National School Lunch contribute to among poor. The author synthesizes empirical evidence from an array disciplines anthropology, economics, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition science, marketing, psychology, health, sociology, urban planning test this whether other processes are at work. With lucid presentation makes it model for applying research questions social policy, lays out different hypotheses possible pathways within each. four central chapters 'public causes obesity', 'obesity assistance', 'poverty both obesity,' 'Factor X both'. factors last category may relate include stress, disability, physical abuse.