Cutler, David M.; Glaeser, Edward L.; Shapiro, Jesse M. - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 17 (2003) 3, pp. 93-118
Americans have become considerably more obese over the past 25 years. This increase is primarily the result of consuming more calories. The increase in food consumption is itself the result of technological innovations which made it possible for food to be mass prepared far from the point of...
