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Table 3 Average BMI Worldwide

From: The effect of sugar and processed food imports on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 172 countries

 

(1) FE

(2) FE

(3) FE

(4) FE

VARIABLES

BMI Average

BMI Average

BMI Average

BMI Average

Sugar and Processed Food Import (log)

  

0.004***

0.001

  

(0.001)

(0.010)

KOF

0.013***

0.011***

0.010***

0.011***

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.002)

GDP capita (log)

0.652***

0.645***

0.567***

0.645***

(0.039)

(0.038)

(0.034)

(0.038)

ODA Aid (log)

0.002

0.002

0.002*

0.002

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Health Expenditure per capita

0.000***

0.000***

0.000***

0.000***

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Population (log)

2.129***

2.154***

2.103***

2.154***

(0.072)

(0.071)

(0.066)

(0.071)

Age Dependency

−0.015***

−0.015***

−0.016***

− 0.015***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Total Import (log)

 

0.014***

 

0.014*

 

(0.002)

 

(0.008)

Total Export (log)

 

−0.009***

 

−0.009***

 

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

Democracy

−0.084***

−0.087***

− 0.057**

−0.087***

(0.028)

(0.027)

(0.023)

(0.027)

Interstate Conflict Severity

−0.000

− 0.000

−0.000

− 0.000

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Intrastate Conflict

−0.062**

−0.068***

0.013

−0.068***

(0.026)

(0.025)

(0.010)

(0.025)

Constant

−13.145***

−13.491***

−13.011***

−13.488***

(1.211)

(1.196)

(1.140)

(1.197)

Observations

2408

2408

2109

2109

R-squared

0.746

0.753

0.795

0.753

Number of Countries

172

172

172

172

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1