lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …

-bearing and insurance, for the liability system acts as an implicit insurer for accident victims and it imposes risk on potential … injurers (because they may have to pay judgments to victims). In this regard, victims' accident insurance and injurers …' liability insurance are taken into account. The third general aspect of accident liability is its administrative expense …

There has been significant media attention on the issue of childhood obesity, leading policymakers to reform the … nutritional content maps into obesity outcomes, using panel data on a nationally representative cohort of children, tracking them … participation in the school lunch program leads to weight gain, as measured by changes in obesity, overweight, and BMI. These …

from a societal perspective: ex ante moral hazard from health insurance, externalities from vaccinations, lack of consumer … prevention means, the chapter reviews some basic theoretical insights about prevention from human capital models and insurance …

The worldwide prevalence of obesity has been steadily rising, reaching alarming levels. Obesity, particularly morbid … obesity, carries significant health risks to the lives of affected patients, including physical, psychological, and social co …-morbidities. Bariatric surgery provides the only effective and sustainable approach to treat morbid obesity and reverse its adverse effects …

Background:Background: Obesity is a well-known risk factor for sick leave, disability pension and premature death …. Obesity is therefore presumably related to increased productivity losses. Abstract: Objective:Objective: The aim of this study … was to estimate the lifetime productivity losses to society associated with obesity status. Abstract: Methods …

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

. Since obesity is associated with an increased risk of numerous chronic diseases occurring at different future time points …

; therefore, identification of patients likely to be frequent users of medical visits is required. Obesity has not often been used …

maintenance. Despite intensive investigation, pharmacological therapy for obesity is not yet fully satisfactory: current drugs are … recommended only for selected patients, and should be used together with behavioural modification. Obesity surgery is the therapy … of choice for some selected cases with severe or morbid obesity. …