This paper investigates the association between obesity and skill attainment in early childhood (aged 2-4 years). Data … (including body mass index and obesity) controlling for a rich set of child, parent, and family characteristics. The findings … indicate that, among boys, obesity is associated with reduced verbal skills, social skills, motor skills, and activities of …

evidence about the effects of these taxes on purchases and consumption. In this paper, we examine the effects of the beverage … tax of 1.5 cents per ounce that was implemented in Philadelphia starting January 1, 2017. We surveyed individuals in … Philadelphia and nearby comparison communities before the tax and nearly one year after implementation of the tax about their …

effect of an SSB tax on the consumption and BMI of youth in Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, which we compare … to Maldives, another island nation in the Indian Ocean which did not implement an SSB tax during the time of our data …. Results of difference-in-differences models indicate that the tax in Mauritius had no detectable impact on the consumption of …

There is insufficient research on the direct effects of food advertising on children's diet and diet-related health … overweight and obese children (>=85th BMI percentile), revealing detectable effects for a vulnerable group of children. Exposure …

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 …

, weight will be related to prices. However, another potentially important reason for rising obesity is that food producers … waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys are used to investigate predictions of the dual …

as well as measures of overweight and obesity. We then turn to quantile regression to address the possibility that …. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study … that subsidy receipt is associated with increases in BMI and a greater likelihood of being overweight and obese. We also …

Obesity rates in the U.S. have doubled since 1980. Given the medical, social, and financial costs of obesity, a large … year-long worksite health promotion program that offered financial rewards for weight loss. The intervention varied by …

factors -- like neighborhood quality and the built environment -- may have on the nation's obesity crisis. This paper explores … differences in such perceptions may explain any of the hitherto unexplained gap in bodyweight and obesity prevalence among Whites …

We investigate the health consequences of changes in the supply of fast food using the exact geographical location of … fast food restaurants. Specifically, we ask how the supply of fast food affects the obesity rates of 3 million school … within a tenth of a mile of a school is associated with at least a 5.2 percent increase in obesity rates. There is no …