In this Research in Progress Seminar, Margarita de Vries Mecheva investigates the causes of overweight in Indonesian adults and the link to increased income.
- PhD student
- Date
- Thursday 13 Apr 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
- Type
- Seminar
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Room 4.39 and Zoom
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
- Ticket information
No registration is required to attend this event in-person.
Please send an email to Dr Zemzem Shigute Shuka at shuka@iss.nl if you would like to receive the Zoom link to this event.
Economic development and rising household incomes in many low- and middle-income countries changes peoples' nutrition habits (transition) that lead to a rise in overweight and obesity prevalence.
In her study, Mecheva aims to establish the presence of a nutrition transition in Indonesia and explore its dynamics and contributing factors at the sub-national level. She uses district level data (n=438) on the prevalence of overweight and obesity, socioeconomic indicators, household food consumption and infrastructure for 2007/08 and 2017/18.
She finds a strong link between changes in household income and the changing prevalence of adult overweight and obesity in long difference district models. She finds evidence suggesting that dietary shifts towards increased consumption of prepared foods mediate this association. Correlations with other predictors, including infrastructure and employment shares, were weak or insignificant in relation to overweight prevalence.
- More information
The Research in Progress seminars are intended to provide an informal venue for presentations of ongoing research by ISS scholars and other scholars from the wider development studies community.
