Table 1 Parameter values for the transmission model to describe an obesity epidemic
From: Modeling the obesity epidemic: social contagion and its implications for control
Description | Notation | Baseline value | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
Population size | N | 100,000 | assumed |
Average life expectancy at birth | 1/μ | 69.4 (years) | [1] |
Transmission coefficient of obesity | β | 2.96 × 10-7 (per year) | [12] |
Non-contagious hazard of obesity | ε | 0.012 (per year) | [13] |
Relative hazard of obesity among ex-obese | σ | 8.0 | [12] |
Average duration of obesity | 1/γ | 35.8 (years) | [13] |