![]() ![]() Among men, obesogenic factors related to technology use and health behaviors are associated with the rise in overweight incidence, but biological factors are not. A decomposition analysis reveals that among women, in addition to increasing access to obesogenic technologies, biological factors are associated with overweight incidence. We utilize measured body mass index (BMI), along with individual- and household-level data of over 800,000 men and women surveyed in the National Family Health Surveys of 2005––16 to identify correlates of within-country differences in overweight incidence. In this paper, we provide an integrative framework, linking the income-gradient hypothesis of obesity with biological, obesogenic, and environmental factors to provide an explanation on the emergence of within-country differences in overweight patterns. These changes are characterized by significant within-country differences in overweight incidence that vary by gender and regional development levels. ![]() ![]() India, which has long suffered from undernutrition, has seen a rapid rise in overweight incidence in the last decade and a half. ![]()
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