Exploring the Relationship Between Environmental Degradation, Obesity, and Economic Growth

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220502.090How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Obesity; Environment; Economic Growth; Kuznets Curve

Abstract

Environmental degradation and obesity are becoming severe since the beginning of the 21st century. Meanwhile, some of the researchers mentioned there should be relationships between economic growth and these two problems respectively. The evaluation of validation of Environment Kuznets curve and Obesity Kuznets Curve has been a famous approach to confirm the nexus between the variables in the history. This paper tried to explore what is the connection between economic development, obesity, and environmental deterioration by analyzing the historical evidence of Obesity Kuznets Curve and Environmental Kuznets Curve and observed that there are inverted U relationships between economic progression and obesity, economic progression and the degree of pollution respectively.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Can Zhao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/05/16
TI  - Exploring the Relationship Between Environmental Degradation, Obesity, and Economic Growth
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Economy（UPRE 2022）
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 506
EP  - 511
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220502.090
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220502.090
ID  - Zhao2022
ER  -