, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in … 2004 to 2050. -- Disability ; mortality ; international comparisons ; microsimulation …

) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of … persist for several years into young adulthood. -- obesity ; health ; cash transfer ; adolescents ; indigenous peoples …

The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity …, and increases public assistance. Using a microsimulation approach, we quantify the competing public-finance consequences … obesity have increased net public-sector liabilities by $430bn, or approximately 4% of the current debt burden. Larger effects …

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 …

In this paper, we investigate the effects of trade in foods on obesity in Mexico. To do so, we match data on Mexican … imports from the U.S. can explain up to twenty percent of the rise in obesity prevalence among Mexican women between 1988 and … 2012. Pro-obesity effects are driven by areas more exposed to unhealthy food imports. We also find evidence in favour of a …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … health outcomes and the intergenerational transmission of obesity. …