In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations … of obesity among 5th graders. This effect is concentrated among boys; we find evidence that this gender difference is …. This represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support …

The rise of childhood obesity in less developed countries is often overlooked. We study the impact of body weight … least obese classrooms. As obesity rates increase, reference points for appropriate body weights may rise, making it more … difficult to lower obesity rates. …

importance. Smoking declined more for the better educated, but not enough to explain the trend. Obesity rose at similar rates …

due to differences in underlying obesity risks or preferences for health. We evaluate heterogeneity in the long-run impact …

This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables (IV) to estimate the impact of obesity on medical … genetic variation in weight as a natural experiment, yields estimates of the impact of obesity on medical costs that are … considerably higher than the estimates reported in the previous literature. For example, obesity is associated with $656 higher …

This paper attempts to quantify the social, private, and public-finance values of reducing obesity through …, pharmaceutical interventions against obesity yield much less social value with incremental social cost-effectiveness ratios around …

The increasing concern of the policy maker about eating behaviour has focused on the spread of obesity and on the … increasing the thin ideal weight can be welfare improving, but may exacerbate the obesity epidemic. …