Is the development of obesogenic food environments a self-reinforcing process? Evidence from soft drink consumption

Table 4 Regression results (2SLS): Obesity, high-income countries

Dependent variable: Soft drink consumption, *QSD*				Dependent variable: Prevalence of obesity, *OBE*
Independent variables		Coefficient	Std. Error¹	Independent variables		Coefficient	Std. Error¹
Prevalence of obesity	OBE	1.084**	0.406	Soft drink consumption	QSD	0.061**	0.022
Soft drink price	PSD	−6.764***	1.601	Dietary energy supply	DES	4.238***	1.147
Income per capita	GNI	0.757***	0.150	Urban population	URB	0.553***	0.043
Population aged 65 and above	AGE	−4.301***	0.680	Population aged 65 and above	AGE	1.001***	0.078
Economic globalisation	GLO	0.515**	0.175	Economic globalisation	GLO	−0.081**	0.025
N. of obs.	859			N. of obs.	859
F-statistic, F(5, 790)	21.41, Prob. 0.000			F-statistic, F(5, 790)	233.48, Prob. 0.000
Underidentification test	78.72, P-val. 0.000			Underidentification test	37.59, P-val. 0.000
Weak identification test	310.60			Weak identification test	47.02
Sargan-Hansen J statistic	1.342, P-val. 0.247			Sargan-Hansen J statistic	0.294, P-val. 0.588

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