A recent debate in the medical literature has arisen around the mortality effects of obesity. Whereas it has been … obesity, using the US Health and Retirement Study. Whilst we find that obesity leads to chronic diseases that reduce length of … when controlling for smoking and the long-term effects of obesity. …

) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of …

We study the effect of obesity on wages and employment, using data from the British NCDS. The results show a … significant negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes even after controlling for a rich set of demographic …, socioeconomic, environmental and behavioral variables. After instrumenting with parental obesity the associations are no longer …

Overweight and obesity are becoming serious issues in many developing countries. Since undernutrition is not completely … Indonesia using longitudinal data from the Indonesian Family and Life Survey, covering the period between 1993 and 2007. Obesity … has been increasing remarkably across all population groups, including rural and low income strata. Prevalence rates are …

Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper …. Conditional on having already lost some weight, a further reduction in obesity also increases the frequency of sexual intercourse. …

Obesity may not only be linked to undesirable health outcomes but also to limitations in sexual life. The present paper …. Conditional on having already lost some weight, a further reduction in obesity also increases the frequency of sexual intercourse. …