explore if this policy is associated with changes in inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity at age 10/11 by area … level deprivation. Data on childhood overweight and obesity came from the National Child Measurement Programme for 2011 … childhood overweight and obesity rates between Gateshead and five other local authorities in the North-East of England which did …

Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk … study was to assess a potential causal relationship between obesity or alcohol use, and educational outcomes, in Germany …-invariant confounders. The results suggest that the presence of obesity during childhood, as well as alcohol consumption during childhood …

Obesity rates have risen dramatically in the US since the 1980s, but well-identified studies have struggled to explain … the magnitude of the observed changes. In this paper, we estimate the causal impact of economic insecurity on obesity …-level increase in obesity …

Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in … obesity in children and adults. This paper analyzes the effect of mother's labor supply in childhood on young adults … increase in obesity. …

subsidy on the healthy good. This earmarking rule is determined at a constitutional stage to maximize utilitarian or Rawlsian … fat tax. Instead, it may involve a tradeoff between the fat tax and the healthy good subsidy. …