The Mindlessness and Mindfulness of Secondary Eating

Fuad Alagsam and Jack Schieffer

No 235644, 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: Since the mid-1970s, obesity has rapidly increased among people in the U.S. Secondary eating is one factor blamed for obesity. Secondary eating is defined as eating while doing something else such as reading or watching TV. We hypothesize that lifestyle is an important moderator of the effect of secondary eating on obesity. Using data from the 2006-8 American Time Use Survey (ATUS), the results indicate that a sedentary lifestyle increases the odds of mindless secondary eating, leading to overeating and obesity.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.235644

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