The obesity rate in the United States has risen significantly in the past few decades. While a number of economic … causes for the rise in obesity have been explored, little attention has been on the role of health insurance per se. This … paper examines obesity in the context of a model where health insurance status can influence body weight. We attempt to …

The escalating rate of obesity in the US highlights the importance of understanding the causes for this rise. In this … of the determinants of adult obesity. To control for the potential endogeneity of some explanatory variables, such as … simultaneously with the obesity equation. To identify each equation, I use an array of state-level characteristics as instrumental …

Childhood obesity around the world, and particularly in the United States, is an escalating problem that is especially …

The increased prevalence of obesity in the United States stresses the pressing need for answers as to why this rapid … Examination Surveys to determine the effects that various state-level variables have on body mass index and obesity. These …, display many of the expected effects on obesity and explain a substantial amount of its trend. These findings control for …

obesity based on body-mass index (BMI). We merge measures of body composition from bioelectrical-impedance analysis (BIA) and … in PBF in adolescents. These results are consistent with those obtained by using BMI-based measures of obesity. The … number of youth exposed to fast-food advertising on television but would still result in non-trivial reductions in obesity …

In this paper, we examine the effect of food prices on clinical measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI … on obesity among youths. We also examine whether the effects of food prices on body composition differ by gender and race … fast-food restaurant food lead to improvements in obesity outcomes among youths. We also find that an increase in the real …