In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to …

We extend the existing literature on food taxes targeting obesity. First, we incorporate the implicit substitution …

, contributing to the U.S. obesity epidemic. Previous studies of the FSP have yielded mixed results. In this study we develop new … omitted variables and individual health characteristics explain the higher prevalence of obesity among female FSP participants … convincing evidence for the hypothesis that FSP participation causes obesity by increasing caloric consumption, decreasing …

Many commentators have claimed that farm subsidies have contributed significantly to the ―obesity epidemic‖ by making …‖ commodities would contribute to reducing obesity rates. In this paper we use an equilibrium displacement model to estimate and … calories would be the most efficient as obesity policy. A tax on calories would have the lowest deadweight loss per pound of …

.S. obesity rates? In this paper we investigate the effects of public investment in agricultural R&D on food prices, per capita … calorie consumption, adult body weight, obesity, public health-care expenditures related to obesity, and social welfare. First … predicted changes in food consumption and hence obesity. We find that a 10 percent increase in the stream of annual U.S. public …