This paper is the first to estimate the impact of exposure to deceptive advertising on consumption of the advertised … advertising is rampant and products are generally ineffective with potentially serious side effects. We control for the targeting … exposure to deceptive advertising is associated with a lower probability that women, and a higher probability that men, consume …

lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …, restrictions on purchase and use, providing information and restricting advertising. The chapter concludes with suggestions for …

number of youth exposed to fast-food advertising on television but would still result in non-trivial reductions in obesity. …We examine the effects of fast-food restaurant advertising on television on the body composition of adolescents as … obesity based on body-mass index (BMI). We merge measures of body composition from bioelectrical-impedance analysis (BIA) and …

This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of the IDEFICS study, which … applies several anthropometric and other measures of fatness to approximately 14,000 children aged two to nine participating … in both waves in 16 regions of eight European countries. Peers are defined as same-sex children in the same school and …

In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that … obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the … developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio …

In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that … obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the … developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio …

a significant drop in the likelihood of obesity (but may also lead to an increase in the child's probability of being …

political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between … maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness … from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer …

political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between … maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness … from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer …

In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations … have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However …-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in …