distribution. There is a statistically significant negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a …

This paper provides an overview of past and projected future trends in adult overweight and obesity in OECD countries … underlying the current obesity epidemic are explored, and possible policy levers for tackling the negative health effect of these … of pre-obesity rates, with a projected continued increase in obesity rates. Second, results suggest that diverging forces …

people are likely to see an increase in BMI year-on-year, even if they already have overweight or obesity. It also shows that … childhood obesity. …

An epidemic of obesity has been developing in virtually all OECD countries over the last 30 years. Existing evidence … appears to be associated with a lower likelihood of obesity, especially among women. A range of analyses of health survey data … obesity. The findings of these analyses show a broadly linear relationship between the number of years spent in full …

Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk … study was to assess a potential causal relationship between obesity or alcohol use, and educational outcomes, in Germany …-invariant confounders. The results suggest that the presence of obesity during childhood, as well as alcohol consumption during childhood …

actually causes obesity. In this paper, we use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health to test whether … is no causal relationship between credit card debt and overweight or obesity for either men or women. However, we find … suggestive evidence that having trouble paying bills may be a cause of obesity for women. …