In light of the recent rise in childhood obesity, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program … results, indicating that the SBP is a valuable tool in the current battle against childhood obesity, whereas the NSLP …

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

Rates of childhood obesity have increased dramatically in the last few decades. Non-causal evidence suggests that … childhood obesity is highly persistent over the life cycle. However little in known about the origins of this persistence. In …

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 …