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 …

evidence about the effects of these taxes on purchases and consumption. In this paper, we examine the effects of the beverage … tax of 1.5 cents per ounce that was implemented in Philadelphia starting January 1, 2017. We surveyed individuals in … Philadelphia and nearby comparison communities before the tax and nearly one year after implementation of the tax about their …

There is insufficient research on the direct effects of food advertising on children's diet and diet-related health … overweight and obese children (>=85th BMI percentile), revealing detectable effects for a vulnerable group of children. Exposure …

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 …

distribution, where the health consequences are especially severe. Lastly, we model time-inconsistent preferences by computing …, 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 …. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study … that subsidy receipt is associated with increases in BMI and a greater likelihood of being overweight and obese. We also …

Obesity rates in the U.S. have doubled since 1980. Given the medical, social, and financial costs of obesity, a large … year-long worksite health promotion program that offered financial rewards for weight loss. The intervention varied by …

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 …

In this paper empirical evidence is presented on the determinants of obesity in youth in the U.S., with particular … emphasis on isolating the effects of diet and parent's fatness on the obesity outcome. The results show that parents fatness …'s fatness effects in the youth obesity probability equations. The probability models show that if either of the parents of a 10 …

information impacted body weight and obesity among American adults. We estimate the effect of the new label using a difference … shopping to that among those who do not use labels. In National Health Interview Survey data we find, among non-Hispanic white … obesity. Using NLEA regulatory impact analysis benchmarks, we estimate that the total monetary benefit of this decrease in …