Obesity among poor Americans is public assistance the problem? - Smith, Patricia K., (Patricia Kay) (Vanderbilt University Press, 2009)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-187) and index
Trends in obesity, poverty, and public assistance -- - The "public assistance causes obesity" hypothesis -- - The "obesity causes public assistance" hypothesis -- - The "poverty causes both public assistance and obesity" hypothesis -- - The "factor X causes both public assistance and obesity" hypothesis -- - Common threads and conclusions
This book investigates the controversial claim by welfare critics that public assistance programs like the Food Stamp and National School Lunch programs contribute to obesity among the poor. The author synthesizes empirical evidence from an array of disciplines--anthropology, economics, epidemiology, marketing, medicine, nutrition science, psychology, public health, sociology, and urban planning--to test this claim and to test whether other causal processes are at work. --from publisher's description