In this paper, we investigate the impact of attending school on body weight and obesity. We use school starting age …

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

obesity. The economic burden of depression, about $100 billion annually, is under-estimated if depression has a positive … causal impact on obesity. If depression plays a causal role in increasing the prevalence of obesity, then policy … from major depression to higher BMI and obesity. While contemporaneous effects are considered, the study primarily focuses …