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OverweightUrbanizationDeveloping countryObesityDemographic economicsDeveloped countryEconometric analysisEconomic growthLow and middle income countriesDevelopment economicsEconomic geographyEnvironmental healthGeographyEconomicsMedicinePopulationEconometrics
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- 14
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Yevgeniy Goryakin,
Marc Suhrcke
(2013).
Economic development, urbanization, technological change and overweight: What do we learn from 244 Demographic and Health Surveys?.
Economics & Human Biology
, 14
, 109-127.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2013.11.003
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- 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.11.003