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 …

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 …

In this paper we reassess the food consumption and dietary impact of the regimes of food and food price control and … eventually, food rationing, that were introduced in Britain during the First World War. At the end of the War the Sumner … workers' households. We also find that the price controls were particularly effective in changing the pattern of food spending …

over six year of fundamental structural reforms of the economy. Our results highlight large and dramatically changing food …

control group. Neighboring mothers exhibit learning spillovers, changes in dietary behavior and a reduction in food …

Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal …

studies the effect of a nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, hemoglobin levels, and cognitive … health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when …

a difference- in-differences design to estimate the impact of this lunch policy on a broad range of medium and long …-term outcomes, including lifetime income, health, cognitive skills, and education. Our results show that the school lunch program … and for pupils from poor households. Finally, exposure to the school lunch program had substantial effects on educational …

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

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-gram (SNAP) participation as well as a survey-based measure.We first document substantial … associations between SNAP and food insecurity, obesity, and the Healthy Eating Index. These results serve as a cautionary tale …