Problems of overweight and obesity among children have increased in China and pose a problem both for individuals as …

obesity in urban food markets. Our empirical model combined georeferenced micro data on access to fast food restaurants and …

Obesity is still on the rise, leading to high costs for the obese individual itself but also for society. We analyze … results suggest that dining with obese peers increases the probability of obesity while calorie labeling decreases the …

A growing body of research supports the \economic insecurity" theory of obesity, which posits that uncertainty with … respect to one's material well- being may be an important root cause of the modern obesity epidemic. This literature has been … Security Index to explain changes in U.S. adult obesity rates as measured by the National Health and Nutrition Examination …

-participants, which may lead to higher rates of overweight and obesity. Furthermore, differences across income in dietary intake among …

This study investigates whether peers are a contributing factor in the increase in childhood obesity rates, and whether …

such as low-cost obesity screening and counseling. …

We examine the role of peer effects in childhood obesity outcomes by investigating whether obesity rates among the … highest graders in a public school has an effect on obesity rates among younger grades. We use a panel dataset with obesity … obesity prevalence at the highest grade are associated with changes in obesity prevalence at younger grades. The magnitude of …