) females than among females with BMI above 30. -- Obesity ; human capital ; Europe … effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV …

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

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 … daily living, motor skills, and social skills) as a function of various measures of weight (including BMI and obesity status …

In this paper, we focus on the causes and consequences of adolescent obesity from an economic perspective. The paper … examines the determinants of obesity and its role in influencing early school leaving amongst adolescents in the province of … and the differential effects of adolescent obesity for males and females. We find that: a) there is a strong and robust …

An epidemic of obesity has been developing in virtually all OECD countries over the last 30 years. Existing evidence … appears to be associated with a lower likelihood of obesity, especially among women. A range of analyses of health survey data … obesity. The findings of these analyses show a broadly linear relationship between the number of years spent in full …

We examine the determinants of obesity and its role in influencing early school leaving amongst adolescents in the city … of time preference and the differential effects of adolescent obesity for males and females. We find that: (a) there is a … strong and robust positive association between obesity and early school leaving; (b) there is evidence to support the notion …