information or rationality and health insurance externalities. They also calculate the long term financial consequences of current …The authors provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyze whether … there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. They take into account equity issues as well as …

We investigate the relationship between obesity and life expectancy, and whether or not this relationship varies by … between obesity and life expectancy, also accounting for interactions between obesity and both age and SES. Generally we find … that obesity is negatively associated with survival, and that SES is positively associated with survival, in both men and …

Despite increasing knowledge on its adverse consequences, obesity prevalence across the U.S. has been rising markedly … argued to exacerbate the prevalence of obesity is the distribution of income. Augmenting data from 12 consecutive waves of … of variations in body mass and obesity across the U.S. It finds that they have a significant positive effect on BMI and …

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 …

The worldwide prevalence of obesity has been steadily rising, reaching alarming levels. Obesity, particularly morbid … obesity, carries significant health risks to the lives of affected patients, including physical, psychological, and social co …-morbidities. Bariatric surgery provides the only effective and sustainable approach to treat morbid obesity and reverse its adverse effects …

Background:Background: Obesity is a well-known risk factor for sick leave, disability pension and premature death …. Obesity is therefore presumably related to increased productivity losses. Abstract: Objective:Objective: The aim of this study … was to estimate the lifetime productivity losses to society associated with obesity status. Abstract: Methods …

distribution. There is a statistically significant negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a …