Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to … being the main driver. This highlights the importance of considering the food environment to inform public health policies …

Despite the well-known positive effects of tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers avoid relying on such taxes … reduction in medical expenditures and a rise in working years caused by a reduction in the rate of smoking among the population … on information taken from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Higher School of Economics for 2010-16. One …

behaviors, in domains as varied as HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, or early marriage prevention. This paper presents …Behaviors that are putting people's health and well-being at risk are widespread in the developing world and some of … them, like smoking and unhealthy diets, are on the rise. Some of these behaviors can be prohibited or prevented by taxation …

Food consumed outside the home in restaurants or other food establishments is a growing segment of consumption in many … commonly used methods and tests potentially superior methods to inform best practices when collecting data on consumption of …. Using a food away from home consumption diary as a benchmark, the study finds that many of the alternative methods …