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

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 …

overweight and obesity. The 'Carrot-Stick' experiment, an adaptation of the standard dictator game in which the respondent (the … conclude that child response behavior, obesigenic factors in the household, and the child's tendency toward being overweight …

Problems of overweight and obesity among children have increased in China and pose a problem both for individuals as … children age 6 to 18 years old in urban China. Data come from the 2004 China Health and Nutrition Survey. Results from a binary … probit model show that parents' being overweight, some patterns of TV use, and more frequent eating in fast food restaurants …

The rising obesity during the past three decades poses a severe public health challenge and spurred enormous research … interests. This paper contributes to the growing literature on how obesity spreads by empirically investigating whether social …

We extend the existing literature on food taxes targeting obesity. First, we incorporate the implicit substitution …

health. Our results show that discount functions are quasi-hyperbolic in shape, and that obesity and drinking are positively … related to the discount rate. Anti-obesity policy, therefore, would be best directed to informing individuals as to the long …