The increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide has led to great interest in the economic consequences of obesity …, but valid and powerful instruments for obesity, which are needed to estimate its causal effects, are rare. This paper …

examining a previously underappreciated consequence of the rise in obesity in the United States: challenges for military …

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

In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations …-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …

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

In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations …-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …

examining a previously underappreciated consequence of the rise in obesity in the United States: challenges for military …