Rising prevalence of obesity among adults and children is a major policy issue in many countries. Two widely discussed … instruments to address obesity are a tax on unhealthy foods (fat tax) and a subsidy on healthy foods (thin subsidy). We compare … for healthy and unhealthy meals. We show that the policy which reduces obesity under the most general conditions is the …

the Oaxaca decomposition method. It is confirmed heterogeneity in BMI values at different percentiles for both years. BMI … educational level between years helped to reduce overweight and obesity. In contrast, retired and unemployed population in low …