Obesity, as a health and social problem with rising prevalence and soaring economic cost, is increasingly drawing … obesity, empirical evidence on this causal relationship is fragile. Using the health capital development theory, this study …

children and infants. A rationale for expansion of smoke-free laws implicitly presumes that potential public health gains from … bans impact the venue of smoking, and the health of children and infants. Using models that exploit state- and county … cost savings of about $71 - $111 million annually. Health improvements among older children add to these economic benefits. …