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Table 4 Average BMI in Overweight and Obese Countries

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

 

(1) FE

(2) FE

BMI Average

BMI Average

Variables

 Sugar and Processed Food Import (log)

 

0.085***

 

(0.027)

 KOF

0.009***

0.008***

(0.002)

(0.002)

 GDP capita (log)

0.911***

0.917***

(0.070)

(0.070)

 ODA Aid (log)

0.004**

0.004**

(0.002)

(0.002)

 Health Expenditure per capita

0.000***

0.000***

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Population (log)

2.538***

2.533***

(0.126)

(0.125)

 Age Dependency

−0.021***

−0.022***

(0.003)

(0.003)

 Total Import (log)

0.018***

−0.050**

(0.003)

(0.022)

 Total Export (log)

−0.013***

−0.014***

(0.003)

(0.003)

 Democracy

−0.192***

−0.213***

(0.074)

(0.074)

Interstate Conflict Severity

0.000

0.000

(0.000)

(0.000)

Intrastate Conflict

−0.060

−0.073

(0.052)

(0.052)

 Constant

−19.373***

−19.286***

(2.273)

(2.265)

 Observations

1423

1423

 R-squared

0.736

0.738

 Number of Countries

112

112

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