Unhealthy eating and health awareness: evidence from restaurant visitors using consumers' cell phone geo-location data

• Published in: Applied economics letters Vol. 30; no. 19; pp. 2774 - 2778
• Main Authors: Zhao, HaiYue, Banerjee, Tannista
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 11.11.2023; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Censuses; Chronic illnesses; Consumers; Eating behavior; Economic analysis; education; Habits; health; Healthy food; Mobile phones; Obesity; Patrons; Public health; Socioeconomic factors; unhealthy eating; Visitors; Weight gain

Unhealthy eating is a serious public health issue that continues to burden the U.S. health system. But, due to data limitations, most extant research lacks a direct explanation of unhealthy eating behaviour. Using data compiled from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Census' American Commu...