weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food …

people’s lifestyles have exacerbated the challenges of improving population diet and reducing obesity levels. …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food …

Obesity accounts for medical costs and lost productivity totaling more than $100 billion per year. Two important … economic factors have been forwarded to explain obesity trends. The first is that healthy, palatable foods are no longer …, convenient, high-calorie foods and the lack of a desire to eat a healthy diet may explain obesity trends. However, they imply …

The beginning rise in obesity prevalence rates in South Africa was first noticed already in the early 1990s. Since then …-economic and cultural factors have on the probability of becoming obese. The concept of “benign” obesity seems to influence people … probability of becoming obese. To address the problems of obesity, we suggest implementing programs that change people’s attitudes …

predisposition to high BMI - measured by grade-mates' average BMI polygenic scores - on adolescent and adult obesity in the U.S. We … probability of obesity for females by 2.8 percentage points, about half the size of the effect induced by a one standard deviation …

The body mass index (BMI) is the primary means of classifying obesity and reflects a complex set of interactions …

.31%, and further increases the overweight and obesity rates by 0.89 and 0.19 percentage points, respectively. Our paper … identifies a new cause of obesity, and sheds new light on the morbidity cost of air pollution. …