Adult BMI as a health and nutritional inequality measure: Applications at macro and micro levels

V. Molini; M. Nube; G.J.M. van den Boom

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.12.003

Adult BMI as a health and nutritional inequality measure: Applications at macro and micro levels

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We explore the suitability of the adult Body Mass Index (BMI) to measure health and nutritional inequalities between and within households. The paper applies a macro analysis comparing female BMIs at the country level and a micro-analysis comparing females' and males' BMI in Vietnam. At macro level, we estimated an analogue of the Kuznets curve finding a U-shaped relation between development (Human Development Index) and health and nutritional inequality (female BMI). At micro level, we use the panel data characteristics of the Vietnam dataset and show how income improvements registered in the 1990s benefited males considerably more than females. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1012-1023
Journal	World Development
Volume	38
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.12.003
Publication status	Published - 2010

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