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. 2017 Jan:40:e107.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001321.

Mapping multiple drivers of human obesity

R Alexander Bentley  1 , Michael J O'Brien  2
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Mapping multiple drivers of human obesity

R Alexander Bentley et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

The insurance hypothesis is a reasonable explanation for the current obesity epidemic. One alternative explanation is that the marketing of high-sugar foods, especially sugar-sweetened beverages, drives the rise in obesity. Another prominent hypothesis is that obesity spreads through social influence. We offer a framework for estimating the extent to which these different models explain the rise in obesity.

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