lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food …

or obese should increase the demand for medical care, particularly as clinical studies link obesity to a number of …

Obesity has become a major health issue. Research in economics has provided important insights as to how technological … progress reduced the relative price of food and contributed to the increase in obesity. However, the increased availability of …’s well-being. It is found that obesity decreases the well-being of individuals who report limited self-control, but not …

We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are … economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency … obesity trends, and conclude with a brief review of current policies to reduce and prevent excessive body weight both in …

The negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes has been widely documented, yet little is known … the military, we find that the crude obesity penalty in earnings, which amounts to about 18 percent, is linked to supply …-side characteristics that are associated with both earnings and obesity. In particular, we show that the penalty reflects negative …

There exists remarkably large differences in body weights and obesity prevalence between black and white women in the …