that exploits first-stage heteroskedasticity rather than traditional exclusion restrictions. Our results suggest that, on … average, physical activity reduces body mass by less than would be predicted by simple calorie expenditure-to-weight formulas …

obesity and exerts positive and economically significant effects on some preventive health care utilization and behaviours …We study the effect of health insurance expansion on nutrition-related children's health outcomes. We exploit quasi …

negative effect. Our results suggest that the commonly found positive effects of exercising or participating in sports on … increase physical activity in everyday life need to weigh the health and well-being benefits against the probability of …

We examine the relationship between trait self-control and body weight. Data from a population representative household … weight. Those with limited self-control are characterized by reduced exercising, repeated dieting, unhealthier eating habits … and low restraint. Each has differential predictive power. Physical activity, dieting, and overall body weight are more …

Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders … sports club membership, physical activity, overweightness, or motor skills. …

This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in …

Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a … derives the following results. (1) Many combinations of weight and height lead to the same health status. (2) Obese people … have a significantly worse state of health. (3) The hypothesis has to be rejected that weight is an exogenous influence on …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … health outcomes and the intergenerational transmission of obesity. … parental beliefs play a role by eliciting beliefs about the returns to a recommended-calorie diet and regular exercise using …

obesity. To date the lack of an acceptable gold-standard for measuring fatness has made it difficult to evaluate alternative … measures of obesity. In this paper we draw on work in other areas of epidemiology and use latent class analysis to evaluate … alternative measures of obesity in the absence of a gold standard. Using data from a representative sample of US adults we show …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food …, and possibly lead to changes in body weight. We test our model employing the German reunification as a fast motion natural …-related health. After the fall of the Wall, East Germans permanently changed their diet by consuming novel western food products. A …