Yevgeniy Goryakin|Tim Lobstein|W. P. T. James|Marc Suhrcke
The impact of economic, political and social globalization on overweight and obesity in the 56 low and middle income countries
University of East Anglia|World Obesity Federation|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|University of York
anecdotal descriptive evidence led claim globalization plays major role inducing overweight obesity developing countries robust quantitative evidence scarce undertook extensive econometric analyses several datasets using series new proxies different dimensions globalization potentially affecting overweight 887000 women aged 1549 living 56 countries 1991 2009 controlling relevant individual country level factors globalization whole substantially significantly associated increase individual propensity overweight among women surprisingly political social globalization dominate influence economic dimension hence consideration needs given forms governance required shape healthoriented globalization process