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 …

International students offer an unique opportunity to study the extent to which environment causes obesity. Because … conditions in and around the university campus we argue that the prevalence of obesity in the surrounding area is plausibly … universities across the United States. We use this data to study the effect of prevalence of obesity in a particular region on the …

.S. obesity rates? In this paper we investigate the effects of public investment in agricultural R&D on food prices, per capita … calorie consumption, adult body weight, obesity, public health-care expenditures related to obesity, and social welfare. First … predicted changes in food consumption and hence obesity. We find that a 10 percent increase in the stream of annual U.S. public …

Sugar-sweetened beverages have emerged as one of the primary targets in the battle against obesity. Understanding the … differential impacts of soda taxes for different obesity categories (e.g., moderate vs. morbidly obese) is critical to assess their … full potential to not only reduce obesity rates, but to target those individuals who have the most to gain from a reduction …