used to revisit the impact of body weight on wages, using body mass index (BMI) as the continuum of groups, finding …

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 purpose of this paper is to explain the main social and economic facts concerning obesity in a way that … crucial factors. To understand the rising prevalence of obesity, it is necessary to take into account the growing … infrastructure of obesity. This infrastructure includes food processing firms, notably their behavior relating to the qualities of …