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 German Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we show that maternal education is related to children …'s life expectancy - even after controlling for children's own level of education. This applies equally to women and men as … most cases, the education of the father is not significantly related to children's life expectancy. The vocational training …

This paper integrates theoretical and empirical models to study the rise of human obesity in Russia during the … Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for 1995 and 2004 capturing representative periods of early and late transition. Estimation results … between dietary patterns, individual characteristics, environmental factors and obesity in Russia. Understanding these …

There is no question that the prevalence of obesity in the United States has risen dramatically in recent years … optimal level. We argue that optimal obesity levels have increased over time and that optimal levels are not identical for all … individuals or groups. We further argue that increasingly aggressive government policies intended to curb obesity are …

Two major health-related policy objectives are to increase the birthweights of children in low-birthweight populations … obesity. (3) The genetic birthweight endowment also is the component of birthweight that plays the dominant role in the …