results indicate that exposure to these establishments during childhood and adolescence increases BMI and has negative effects … those with adverse prenatal health or high paternal BMI, an exception being that cognition is only affected by exposure at …

The purpose of this dissertation is to address policy makers to change the way they think about increasing obesity … effectiveness. Most of these studies seem to neglect the cultural dimension of the phenomenon and the fact that obesity is seen as a …The purpose of this dissertation is to address policy makers to change the way they think about increasing obesity …

I study the economic value of obesity - a seemingly inconsequential but unhealthy status symbol in poor countries …. Randomizing decision-makers in Kampala, Uganda to view weight-manipulated portraits, I make four findings. First, obesity is … real-stakes experiment involving loan officers, the obesity premium is comparable to raising borrower self …