Qualitative Stability Analysis of an Obesity Epidemic Model with Social Contagion

Table 1

Baseline values and epidemiological meanings of the parameters given by Ejima et al. [8].

Parameter	Baseline values	Epidemiological meaning
	100,000 individuals (assumed)	Population size
	69.4 (per year)	Average life expectancy at birth
	(per year)	Transmission rate of obesity due to social contagion
	0.012 (per year)	Nonsocial contagion risk of obesity
	8.0	Relative hazard of obesity among the ex-obese
	35.8 (per year)	Average duration of obesity