This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of the IDEFICS study, which …

The macroeconomic effect of the obesity epidemic on environmental degradation was examined for panel data from thirty … empirical results indicate that the obesity epidemic, electricity consumption, and urbanisation encourage environmental … degradation by increasing CO2 emissions, while economic growth decreases them. Moreover, we identify that the obesity epidemic …

This paper uses longitudinal micro-evidence from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the obesity … of obesity among adults and analyses the socioeconomic factors contributing to the problem. The associated costs of … obesity are also investigated, both in terms of health status, health care spending and absenteeism. -- obesity ; body mass …

Obesity has become a serious public health problem in both industrialized and rapidly industrializing countries. It … t through reduction of associated food waste. Due to the intimate behavioural nature of the obesity problem, policies to … reduce obesity such as food taxation, subsidization of human-powered transport, incentives to reduce sedentary leisure and …