Supersizing supercenters? The impact of Walmart Supercenters on body mass index and obesity

Researchers have linked the rise in obesity to technological progress reducing the opportunity cost of food consumption and increasing the opportunity cost of physical activity. We examine this hypothesis in the context of Walmart Supercenters, whose advancements in retail logistics have translated...

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Published in:Journal of urban economics 2011-03, Vol.69 (2), p.165-181
Main Authors: Courtemanche, Charles, Carden, Art
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1996-2005
Arkansas
Body mass index
Body weight
Consumer goods
Consumers
Cost control
Discounter
Food
Food consumption
Food prices
Head offices
Health care expenditures
Impact analysis
Indexes
Körpergewicht
Lifestyles
Logistics
Obesity
Opportunity costs
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Physicians
Public health
Retailing industry
Risk
Risk behavior
Risk factors
Räumliche Verteilung
Shopping
Supercenter
Superstores
Surveillance
Surveillance systems
Technological progress
U.S.A
Urban economics
Wal-Mart
Walmart
Walmart Wal-Mart Supercenter Obesity Body weight Body mass index
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