not clear why the prevalence of obesity has increased so dramatically over the last 30 years.We simultaneously estimate … compare the prevalence of obesity between cohorts surveyed roughly 25 years apart. Using the traditional Blinder …

, suggesting obesity is partly attributable to rational intertemporal tradeoffs but also partly to time inconsistency …

as well as measures of overweight and obesity. We then turn to quantile regression to address the possibility that …

Obesity rates in the U.S. have doubled since 1980. Given the medical, social, and financial costs of obesity, a large …

factors -- like neighborhood quality and the built environment -- may have on the nation's obesity crisis. This paper explores … differences in such perceptions may explain any of the hitherto unexplained gap in bodyweight and obesity prevalence among Whites …

This paper investigates the association between obesity and skill attainment in early childhood (aged 2-4 years). Data … (including body mass index and obesity) controlling for a rich set of child, parent, and family characteristics. The findings … indicate that, among boys, obesity is associated with reduced verbal skills, social skills, motor skills, and activities of …

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., with now almost a third of children ages 2-19 deemed … one aspect of childhood obesity: food choice and consumption. Using a field experiment where we include more than 1 … obesity. For academics, our approach opens up an interesting combination of theory and experiment that can lead to a better …