Time scarcity is one of the strongest correlates of fast food consumption. To estimate the causal effect of time lost … on food choice, we match daily store-specific foot traffic data traced via smartphones to plausibly exogenous shocks in … results imply a net reduction in healthy food store choice due to time lost. …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food … availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how novel food products alter the optimal consumption bundle and welfare … experiment of economic development. Our data elicit detailed information on East Germans' food consumption, body mass, and diet …

Maternal sugar consumption in utero may have a variety of effects on offspring. We exploit the abolishment of the … sugar exposure. We find that prenatal exposure to derationing increases education and reduces BMI and sugar consumption at … those who are genetically predisposed to sugar consumption. …

consumption is two and a half times larger for households that can afford to cut the value of food consumption (75th quantile …) than for households at the bottom (25th quantile) of the food-consumption distribution. Similarly, households with diets … ; food security ; nutrition ; poverty ; quantile regression ; influence functions …

food imports from the U.S. with anthropometric and food expenditure data. Our findings suggest that exposure to food … 2012. Pro-obesity effects are driven by areas more exposed to unhealthy food imports. We also find evidence in favour of a …

in the North-East of England was the first local authority to ban planning permission for any new fast-food outlet. We …-2020. Data on food outlets were obtained from Food Standard Agency Food Hygiene Rating Scheme for 2012-2020. Data on area level … not use planning policy to restrict fast-food outlets. The analysis was at the Middle Super Output Area Level (MSOA). Our …

Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the … effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our …

We study the effect of health insurance expansion on nutrition-related children's health outcomes. We exploit quasi …

model of fast food consumption. To estimate this equation we use a quasi maximum likelihood approach that allows us to … peer effects in fast food consumption among adolescents belonging to a same friendship school network. Based on our … a panel dynamic weight production function relating an individual's Body Mass Index z-score (zBMI) to his fast food …