When traditional measures for health and economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, height and the body mass index (BMI …

and potential spillovers into other tobacco use by youth, young adults, and adults. We utilize both standard difference …-in-differences (DID) and synthetic DID methods, in conjunction with four national data sets. We find evidence that young adults decrease …-cigarette and smoking participation among older adults (ages 25+). Our findings suggest that statewide comprehensive flavor bans may …

as well as measures of overweight and obesity. We then turn to quantile regression to address the possibility that … subsidy receipt has heterogeneous effects on children's weight at different points in the BMI distribution. Results suggest … that subsidy receipt is associated with increases in BMI and a greater likelihood of being overweight and obese. We also …

to sizeable increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among low-income children. -- child care ; subsidy … ; obesity …

-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in …In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …

-elderly adults, particularly in expansion states. …

associations between SNAP and food insecurity, obesity, and the Healthy Eating Index. These results serve as a cautionary tale …

Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk … study was to assess a potential causal relationship between obesity or alcohol use, and educational outcomes, in Germany …-invariant confounders. The results suggest that the presence of obesity during childhood, as well as alcohol consumption during childhood …