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Prices of Unhealthy Foods, Food Stamp Program Participation, and Body Weight Status Among U.S. Low-Income Women
Zhang, Qi; Chen, Zhuo; Diawara, Norou; Wang, Youfa - In: Journal of Family and Economic Issues 32 (2011) 2, pp. 245-256
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Healthy choice : the effect of simplified point-of-sale nutritional information on consumer food choice behavior
Nikolova, Hristina; Inman, J. Jeffrey - In: Journal of marketing research : JMR 52 (2015) 6, pp. 817-835
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The distributional consequences of a fiscal food policy : evidence from the UK
Tiffin, Richard; Salois, Matthew - In: European review of agricultural economics : ERAE 42 (2015) 3, pp. 397-417
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Who is the biggest loser? : fat news coverage is a barrier to healthy lifestyle promotion
Previte, Josephine; Gurrieri, Lauren - In: Health marketing quarterly 32 (2015) 4, pp. 330-349
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The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of obesity on income
O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive B. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-20
This paper examines the consequences of using self-reported measures of BMI when estimating the effect of BMI on income for women using both Irish and US data. We find that self-reported BMI is subject to substantial measurement error and that this error deviates from classical measurement...
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Modelling social dynamics (of obesity) and thresholds
Wirl, Franz; Feichtinger, Gustav - In: Games 1 (2010) 4, pp. 395-414
that follows its own motion, of course driven by agents’ behavior. The topical issue of obesity serves as motivation and …
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Healthy vs. unhealthy food : a strategic choice for firms and consumers
Antoñanzas Villar, Fernando; Rodríguez-Ibeas, Roberto - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 4, pp. 1-8
In this paper, we carry out a theoretical analysis of the strategic choice made by firms regarding the type of food they market when they face consumers who care about the healthy/unhealthy attributes of the product but incur in emotional/health costs when the food they consume has unhealthy...
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Consequences of the obesity epidemic for immigrants : when migrants move to countries with high obesity rates, does assimilation lead to labor market penalties and higher health ca...
Argys, Laura M. - 2015
Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI-body mass … index) than their native counterparts do, but these rates converge over time. In light of the worldwide obesity epidemic and … the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher obesity rates, it is important to understand the consequences of …
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Too much of a good thing? : exploring the impact of wealth on weight
Au, Nicole; Johnston, David - In: Health economics 24 (2015) 11, pp. 1403-1421
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Generalized nutrient taxes can increase consumer welfare
Bishai, David - In: Health economics 24 (2015) 11, pp. 1517-1522
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