overestimate their 5-year risks of a heart attack and a stroke. Obese individuals are thus aware of some but not all obesity …

We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are … economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency … obesity trends, and conclude with a brief review of current policies to reduce and prevent excessive body weight both in …

The negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes has been widely documented, yet little is known … the military, we find that the crude obesity penalty in earnings, which amounts to about 18 percent, is linked to supply …-side characteristics that are associated with both earnings and obesity. In particular, we show that the penalty reflects negative …

The standard economic model for the demand for health care predicts that unhealthy behaviour such as being overweight … or obese should increase the demand for medical care, particularly as clinical studies link obesity to a number of … serious diseases. In this paper, we investigate whether overweight or obese individuals demand more medical care than normal …

In order to explain the growth of obesity in industrialized and transition economies, a behavioral approach to food … factors and changes in the composition of diet therefore forms the basis for weight gain and, in the long run, obesity. …

Overweight and obesity are growing health problems in many developing countries. Rising obesity rates are the result of …

workers with the purpose of analysing the relationship between measures of obesity and measures of economic performance. Among … considered in the literature on the effects of obesity. Interestingly enough, we find that BMI does not discriminate young …