In this paper empirical evidence is presented on the determinants of obesity in youth in the U.S., with particular … emphasis on isolating the effects of diet and parent's fatness on the obesity outcome. The results show that parents fatness …'s fatness effects in the youth obesity probability equations. The probability models show that if either of the parents of a 10 …

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 …

prices and subsidies could be used to encourage healthier food consumption patterns and to curb obesity …

obesity of residents in metropolitan areas in the US. We address the possible endogeneity of population density by using a two … a negative association between population density and obesity and estimates are robust across a wide range of … population living in dense areas over the last 30 years, the rate of obesity would have been reduced by approximately 13% …

Obesity is associated with serious health problems, and it can generate adverse economic outcomes. We analyze a … nationally-representative sample of young American adults to investigate the interplay between obesity, wages and self …-esteem. Wages can be impacted directly by obesity, and they can be influenced by obesity indirectly through the channel of obesity …

foods that are deemed to promote obesity. Understanding the public economics of "fat taxes" requires an understanding of how …

supermarket access as policy instruments to address childhood obesity …