What factors drive gender differences in the body mass index? Evidence from Turkish adults

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dc.authorid0000-0001-5187-1568en_US
dc.authorscopusid58184637200en_US
dc.authorwosidAAB-3493-2021en_US
dc.contributor.authorÇağlayan-Akay, Ebru
dc.contributor.authorErtok-Onurlu, Merve
dc.contributor.authorKomuryakan, Fulden
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-24T10:33:14Z
dc.date.available2024-01-24T10:33:14Z
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.departmentFakülteler, Biga İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Ekonometri Bölümü
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, studies show that obesity has become an important health condition, especially among adults. The first aim of this study is to examine socio-demographic and behavioural factors on body mass index distribution of male and female adults over 20 years old in Turkey. The second aim is to determine the body mass index disparity by gender and the socio-demographic and behavioural factors that might wider or narrow it. This study adopts unconditional quantile regression and decomposition methods, and the data set covers the Turkish Health Surveys for 2014, 2016, and 2019. The findings document that high level of body mass index are associated with being married, aging, and physical inactivity. Interestingly, employment status has different contributions on the body mass index of males and females. The results also claim a body mass index gap among males and females as a result of differences in some potential socio-demographic and behavioural factors, and the gap gets higher at the upper and lower quantiles of BMI distribution. This study may provide a clear understanding for policymakers on how to design efficacious obesity policies considering the differences in the effect of socio-demographic and behavioural factors on the distribution of body mass index across females and males. The results suggest that the Ministry of Health should specifically target different groups for males and females and should reduce the differences in socio-demographic and behavioural determinants between females and males to prevent and reduce obesity prevalence in Turkey.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCaglayan-Akay, E., Ertok-Onurlu, M., & Komuryakan, F. (2023). What factors drive gender differences in the body mass index? Evidence from Turkish adults. Journal of Biosocial Science, 55(3), 538-563. doi:10.1017/S0021932022000190en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0021932022000190
dc.identifier.endpage563en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-9320
dc.identifier.issn1469-7599
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid35509172
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85152593118
dc.identifier.startpage538en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932022000190
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/5382
dc.identifier.volume55en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000792146100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorErtok-Onurlu, Merve
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNLM (Medline)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of biosocial scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectBehavioural determinantsen_US
dc.subjectBody mass indexen_US
dc.subjectDecompositionen_US
dc.subjectSocio-demographic factorsen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectUnconditional quantile regressionen_US
dc.titleWhat factors drive gender differences in the body mass index? Evidence from Turkish adults
dc.typeArticle

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