weight loss on proxy variables for labor productivity are found only for obese women. -- Obesity ; weight loss intervention …This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring … positively affects the employment prospects of obese women but not of obese men. Consistent with this, significant effects of …

The worldwide obesity epidemic has impacted women more heavily than men. These gender-based differences are … particularly pronounced in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where gender obesity gaps on average exceed 10 percentage … points. This paper examines one of the explanations, namely the role of female empowerment on gender gaps in obesity. We …

employment and obesity in children aged 3-17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity. …

Childhood obesity has been rising steadily in most parts of the world. Popular speculation attributes some of that …