The strong negative correlation over time between smoking rates and obesity have led some to suggest that reduced … cannot confirm that falling smoking leads in a major way to rising obesity rates in the U.S …

The incidence of obesity has increased dramatically in the U.S. Obese individuals tend to be sicker and spend more on … health care, raising the question of who bears the incidence of obesity-related health care costs. This question is … obesity among full time workers. We find that the incremental healthcare costs associated with obesity are passed on to obese …

This paper utilizes a rich longitudinal data set -- the Women's Employment Study (WES) to investigate whether obesity …

intake and obesity. The cross-national trends, across countries spanning the spectrum of economic development and geographic …

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 …

not clear why the prevalence of obesity has increased so dramatically over the last 30 years … (NLSY) data, which allows us to compare the prevalence of obesity between cohorts surveyed roughly 25 years apart. Using the …

, weight will be related to prices. However, another potentially important reason for rising obesity is that food producers …