Obesity around retirement age: international comparison using SHARE

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985998%3A_____%2F20%3A00538027" target="_blank" >RIV/67985998:_____/20:00538027 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2019-0010" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2019-0010</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2019-0010" target="_blank" >10.2478/cejpp-2019-0010</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Obesity around retirement age: international comparison using SHARE

Original language description

In this article, we aim to explain international differences in socio-demographic structure of population among people around retirement age. We further test if transition into retirement is an important factor for obesity. Using Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) data, we first document that the Czech Republic has a significant and increasing trend in body mass index (BMI) and obesity (BMI > 29.99) for both men and women aged 50-70 years compared to other countries. Men have much higher level of BMI in comparison to many other European countries, whereas BMI of women is comparable to Estonia and Slovenia. However, we show a little evidence that underlying structure of Czech population with respect to education, occupation, health, age, and so on may explain increasing trend as well as higher level of obesity when compared to other European countries. Furthermore, we show that the transition into retirement is not associated with an increase in BMI. Using fixed effect model, we found that the obesity is directly related to increasing trend in obesity already before entering the retirement.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_013%2F0001740" target="_blank" >EF16_013/0001740: SHARE-CZ+ National Research on Aging</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Policy

ISSN

1802-4866

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

1-18

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85094575003