Rashad, Inas; Grossman, Michael; Chou, Shin-Yi - In: Eastern Economic Journal 32 (2006) 1, pp. 133-148
The increased prevalence of obesity in the US stresses the need for answers as to why this rapid rise has occurred. This paper employs micro-level data from the First, Second, and Third National Health and Nutrition xamination Surveys to determine the effects that state-level policies have on...