This paper proposes a new method of measuring obesity using Body Mass Index (BMI) data. Conventional measures which … measures currently used in the poverty literature can be usefully applied to measure obesity and provide us with measures which …

Economists have argued that obesity may lead to worse labor market outcomes, especially for women. Empirical methods to … test this hypothesis have not thus far adequately controlled for the endogeneity of obesity. We use variation in genotype … to predict variation in phenotype (obesity). Genetic information from specific genes linked to obesity in the biomedical …

Using the nationally representative Slan dataset we take a number of approaches to profile the change in obesity in … years. There is evidence that obesity and overweight are relatively more concentrated amongst males, the old and those with … lower educational achievement. While obesity rose slightly over the period this was due to a rise in the average level of …

A new methodology is used to quantify, track and explain the distribution of obesity and hypertension across areas …

understand the mechanisms underlying the income-obesity relationship so that effective policy interventions can be developed. Our …

Using the nationally representative Slan dataset we calculate concentration indices for the incidence of obesity for … fell between 2002 and 2007. However this appears to be owing to an increased incidence of obesity amongst better off people … rather than decreased obesity amongst the less well-off. A decomposition of the concentration indices suggest that the …

This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring …