Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comprehensive global … governance strategy, states have increasingly employed a wide array of legal strategies targeting the drivers of obesity. This … article identifies recent global trends in obesity-related legislation and makes the normative case for an updated global …

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. …

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. …

This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake … globalization and both obesity and caloric intake. A one standard deviation increase in globalization is associated with a 20 …

to choose healthy weight (extensive margin). Implementing healthy weight requires a further distortion (e.g. subsidy on …

Obesity is a major health concern in both developed and developing nations. Yet, evidence on the determinants of … obesity is relatively limited. We contribute to the literature on the determinants of obesity by empirically examining the … effects of energy poverty on obesity.Using 14 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey …

to choose healthy weight (extensive margin). Implementing healthy weight requires a further distortion (e.g. subsidy on …