' food choices--there is almost no change in purchases of beverage calories. There is no impact on Starbucks profit on …

I use changes in immigrant eligibility for food stamps under the 1996 federal law and heterogeneous state responses to … set up a natural experiment research design to study the effect of food stamps on Body Mass Index (BMI) of adults in … immigrant families. I find that in the post-1996 period food stamps use by foreign-born unmarried mothers with a high school or …

differences in demand. These findings counter the common notion that policies to reduce supply inequities, such as “food deserts …-tested subsidies for healthy food could eliminate nutritional inequality at a fiscal cost of about 15 percent of the annual budget for …

or food fortification, these programs often do not consistently reach the poorest. This paper reports on the impact of a … significant impact on hemoglobin, anemia, physical health, cognition or mental health. For the sales experiment, we can reject at …

more frequently is associated with lower BMI and better self-reported health, as is grazing more frequently. Food purchases …Using the 2006-07 American Time Use Survey and its Eating and Health Module, I show that over half of adult Americans …

year-long worksite health promotion program that offered financial rewards for weight loss. The intervention varied by …

), American Chamber of Commerce Research Association (ACCRA) state-level food prices and the United States Department of …-levels. Also, the results indicate that increasing the price of food purchased for consumption away from home is consistent with …

There is insufficient research on the direct effects of food advertising on children's diet and diet-related health … Survey-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) and the Nielsen Company data on spot television advertising of cereals, fast food … food advertising on television and children's food consumption and body weight. Our results suggest that soft drink and …

-in-differences method. We compare the change before and after the implementation of NLEA in body weight among those who use labels when food … shopping to that among those who do not use labels. In National Health Interview Survey data we find, among non-Hispanic white …