Does media exposure affect health behaviours? And how? We exploit the idiosyncratic switchover to digital television …-recipes. Our findings question the health-related negative stereotypes often associated with TV exposure and highlight its … potential as a brand-new health policy lever. …

people’s lifestyles have exacerbated the challenges of improving population diet and reducing obesity levels. …

sugar exposure. We find that prenatal exposure to derationing increases education and reduces BMI and sugar consumption at …

sugar exposure. We find t hat p renatal e xposure t o d erationing increases education and reduces BMI and sugar consumption …

sugar exposure. We find that prenatal exposure to derationing increases education and reduces BMI and sugar consumption at …

-related health. After the fall of the Wall, East Germans permanently changed their diet by consuming novel western food products. A … experiment of economic development. Our data elicit detailed information on East Germans' food consumption, body mass, and diet … current consumption, and where novel goods determine consumption changes over time with ambiguous effects on diet …

-related health. After the fall of the Wall, East Germans permanently changed their diet by consuming novel western food products. A … experiment of economic development. Our data elicit detailed information on East Germans' food consumption, body mass, and diet … health. …

-specificity of the black-white obesity gap has received relatively little attention. In the National Health and Nutrition Examination …

significant effect on the overweight subsample. Additionally, we found nutrition knowledge to have a positive and significant … obese individuals. In addition, our findings point to the importance of nutrition knowledge in promoting 'healthier' food …

the education disparity in diet. However, when faced with the most explicit health information regarding diet, lower … theoretical prediction that part of the education differences across health behaviours is driven by the "marginal value of health … educated individuals engage more in unhealthy behaviours including consumption of a poor diet, but it is not clear why they do …