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threat to global health. The aim is to highlight the relationships between obesity and the sustainability of the food system … for low-calorie foods. The main conclusion of the paper is that the aim of reducing obesity, which is a priority for food …
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secondary data were used to establish a correlation between Farm to School, obesity, and food hardship. The results indicate …
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.S. obesity rates? In this paper we investigate the effects of public investment in agricultural R&D on food prices, per capita … calorie consumption, adult body weight, obesity, public health-care expenditures related to obesity, and social welfare. First … predicted changes in food consumption and hence obesity. We find that a 10 percent increase in the stream of annual U.S. public …
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Sugar-sweetened beverages have emerged as one of the primary targets in the battle against obesity. Understanding the … differential impacts of soda taxes for different obesity categories (e.g., moderate vs. morbidly obese) is critical to assess their … full potential to not only reduce obesity rates, but to target those individuals who have the most to gain from a reduction …
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Many commentators have speculated that agricultural policies have contributed to increased obesity rates in the United …
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This study analyses whether Russian households differ in their choice of food quality when they differ in their number of overweight and obese members. Using survey data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for the years 1995-2005, households are classified into three weight...
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