Fat city: Questioning the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity
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Urban sprawl Obesity Selection effects;JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
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