Silva, Andres; Garcia, Marian; Bailey, Alastair - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
The United Kingdom (UK) has one of the highest obesity levels in the world (Mazzocchi et al., 2009). As indicated by the National Health Service (2010), 25% of adults and 17% of children are obese in the UK. This last statistic represents an increase of four points in comparison to 1995. The...