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ArticleAgricultural and resource economics review2021

The determinants of racial disparities in obesity: baseline evidence from a natural experiment.

Thomas Durfee, Samuel Myers, Julian Wolfson, Molly DeMarco, Lisa Harnack, Caitlin Caspi

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Article in Agricultural and resource economics review, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas DurfeeRoy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 270 Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Samuel MyersRoy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 270 Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Julian WolfsonDivision of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, A460 Mayo Building MMC 303, 425 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Molly DeMarcoCenter for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1700 M.L.K. Jr Blvd #7426, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514.
Lisa HarnackDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55454.
Caitlin CaspiRudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, 1 Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT, 061032.
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of Connecticut · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)UL1TR002494 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R, WEISDORF, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$34.9M
A Natural Experiment Evaluating the Effect of a Minimum Wage Increase on Obesity and Diet-Related OutcomeR01DK118664 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CASPI, CAITLIN EICHER · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002494NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK118664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper uses baseline data from an observational study to estimate the determinants of racial and gender disparities in obesity. Samples of low-income workers in Minneapolis and Raleigh reveal that respondents in Minneapolis have lower Body Mass Indices (BMIs) than respondents in Raleigh. There are large, statistically significant race and gender effects in estimates of BMI that explain most of the disparity between the two cities. Accounting for intersectionality - the joint impacts of being Black and a woman - reveals that almost all the BMI gaps between Black women in Minneapolis and Raleigh can be explained by age and education differences.

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Body Mass Index (BMI)Food InsecurityI14 Health and InequalityJ08 Labor Economics PoliciesJ15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and ImmigrantsMinimum WageRacial Disparity

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PMID35281475
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