In response to the growing burden of obesity, public primary prevention programs against obesity have been widely …-effective strategy to cope with the obesity epidemic. We examine this question in a simulation model based on the results of the M ….O.B.I.L.I.S program, a German lifestyle intervention to reduce obesity, which is directed on the high-risk group of people who are already …

macronutrient intake and physical activity to rising population weight remains unknown. Research on the economics of obesity … increases in carbohydrates are most strongly and positively associated with increases in obesity prevalence even when …

In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity in America has increased dramatically. Though it has attracted less … statistically significant but economically marginal amount of the change. Instead, the rise in average obesity is best explained by …

Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comprehensive global … governance strategy, states have increasingly employed a wide array of legal strategies targeting the drivers of obesity. This … article identifies recent global trends in obesity-related legislation and makes the normative case for an updated global …

In this paper we present an instrumental variables estimate of the effect of obesity on depression in females. Previous … vector of instruments for obesity to examine the independent effect of obesity on depression. In conducting this analysis, we … 1994, as well as data from the 1979 cohort of the Child-Young Adult National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). We find …

Gini coefficient are associated with higher rates of obesity and overweight. Higher state unemployment rate is associated … with higher prevalence of obesity and overweight among women. At the individual level, gain in income increase likelihood … consumption of fruits and vegetables are beneficial to curb obesity …

Background Previous literature documents the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity, yet none has attempted to … quantify the intangible costs of obesity. This study focuses on quantifying the intangible costs of one unit body mass index … obesity are estimated. We apply individual income as a reference for estimating the value of the loss of subjective well …