Obesity accounts for medical costs and lost productivity totaling more than $100 billion per year. Two important … economic factors have been forwarded to explain obesity trends. The first is that healthy, palatable foods are no longer …, convenient, high-calorie foods and the lack of a desire to eat a healthy diet may explain obesity trends. However, they imply …

Obesity has become a major health issue. Research in economics has provided important insights as to how technological … progress reduced the relative price of food and contributed to the increase in obesity. However, the increased availability of …’s well-being. It is found that obesity decreases the well-being of individuals who report limited self-control, but not …

This paper provides an overview of past and projected future trends in adult overweight and obesity in OECD countries … underlying the current obesity epidemic are explored, and possible policy levers for tackling the negative health effect of these … of pre-obesity rates, with a projected continued increase in obesity rates. Second, results suggest that diverging forces …

Obesity has become a major health issue. Research in economics has providedimportant insights as to how technological … progress reduced the relative price of food andcontributed to the increase in obesity. However, the increased availability of …’swell-being. It is found that obesity decreases the well-being of individuals who report limitedself-control, but not otherwise. …