RT Journal Article
T1 How Are Unemployed Individuals with Obesity Affected by an Economic Crisis?
A1 Antelo Suárez, Manel
A1 Magdalena, Pilar
A1 Reboredo Nogueira, Juan Carlos
A1 Reyes Santías, Francisco
K1 Unemployment
K1 Adult obesity
K1 Boom
K1 Bust
K1 Matching techniques
K1 Difference-in-difference
AB Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure the extent to which the advent of an economic crisis affects the magnitude of the impact of unemployment on obesity prevalence (IUOP). Methods: Using data corresponding to a boom period and a bust period of the Spanish economy, we calculated the IUOP in the Spanish population aged 16–65 years using propensity score matching, and using the difference-in-differences approach, analyzed to what extent the advent of an economic crisis affected the magnitude of such an IUOP. Results: The results point to significant differences in the body mass index (BMI) values of Spanish unemployed individuals depending on the phase of the economic cycle. Compared to a period of economic boom, a bust period increases the (log) BMI values of unemployed people by 0.22% and the (log) BMI of long-term unemployed people by a further 0.011%. Conclusions: The design of health policies for the treatment and prevention of adult obesity should be tailored to the phase of the economic cycle and focus especially on the long-term unemployed individuals
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23494
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23494
LA eng
NO Antelo, M.; Magdalena, P.; Reboredo, J.C.; Reyes-Santias, F. How Are Unemployed Individuals with Obesity Affected by an Economic Crisis? Sustainability 2020, 12, 2262
NO The authors received funding from the Xunta de Galicia through Grant 2019-GPC Análise Económica dos Mercados e Institucións (AEMI)
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026