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 …

The economics of obesity literature implicitly assumes that measured anthropometrics are error-free and they are often …

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. …

Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is … urban and rural settings. While prior studies have addressed some aspects of these issues, substantial gaps in knowledge … remain, in large part due to historical deficiencies in monitoring and reporting, especially in rural areas. As a step toward …

) 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 …