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An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight
Chen, Yanni; Huffman, Wallace E. - 2009
be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase likelihood of obesity for … females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of obesity for females but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444707
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Why Is the Obesity Rate So Low in Japan and High in the U.S.? Some Possible Economic Explanations
Senauer, Benjamin; Gemma, Masahiko - 2006
international standard for obesity, whereas 32.0 percent of Americans do. A total of 66.5 percent of Americans have a BMI over 25 … of obesity in the world and the United States one of the highest, giving particular attention to underlying economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444491
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Is Obesity a Result of Faulty Economic Policies? The Case of the United States and Japan
Senauer, Benjamin; Gemma, Masahiko - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
international standard for obesity, whereas 32.0 percent of Americans do. A total of 66.5 percent of Americans have a BMI over 25 … of obesity in the world and the United States one of the highest, giving particular attention to underlying economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805182
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Why Is the Obesity Rate So Low in Japan and High in the U.S.? Some Possible Economic Explanations
Senauer, Benjamin; Gemma, Masahiko - Food Industry Center, College of Agricultural, Food, … - 2006
international standard for obesity, whereas 32.0 percent of Americans do. A total of 66.5 percent of Americans have a BMI over 25 … of obesity in the world and the United States one of the highest, giving particular attention to underlying economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005522142
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Is Obesity Contagious? A Case Study of International Graduate Students.
Katare, Bhagyashree - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA; … - 2014
International students offer an unique opportunity to study the extent to which environment causes obesity. Because … conditions in and around the university campus we argue that the prevalence of obesity in the surrounding area is plausibly … universities across the United States. We use this data to study the effect of prevalence of obesity in a particular region on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909892
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Obesity and Labor Market Outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia
Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Rizov, Marian - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020583
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An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight
Chen, Yanni; Huffman, Wallace E. - 2009
educated men are less likely to be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase … likelihood of obesity for females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of … obesity for females but not for males. A larger BMI at age 25 has wage effects later in life and also increases the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444760
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An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight
Chen, Yanni; Huffman, Wallace E. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
educated men are less likely to be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase … likelihood of obesity for females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of … obesity for females but not for males. A larger BMI at age 25 has wage effects later in life and also increases the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880059
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Are Healthy Foods Really More Expensive? It Depends on How You Measure the Price
Carlson, Andrea; Frazao, Elizabeth - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2012
Most Americans consume diets that do not meet Federal dietary recommendations. A common explanation is that healthier foods are more expensive than less healthy foods. To investigate this assumption, the authors compare prices of healthy and less healthy foods using three different price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909504
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The Effect of Food and Beverage Prices on Children's Weights
Wendt, Minh; Todd, Jessica E. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2011
One factor that may be important in explaining rising childhood obesity is food prices. This report explores the effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920055