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 …

Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese …. Understanding whether obesity is associated with adverse labor market outcomes and ascertaining the source of these outcomes are …