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 …

; food security ; nutrition ; poverty ; quantile regression ; influence functions …We investigate the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally … distributions of several food security measures. UQR estimates reveal that the negative marginal effect of a price increase on food …

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 …

experimental evidence on child health and human capital outcomes from the longer-term follow-up of a school-based nutrition …

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