I show that an advertising ban is more likely to increase — rather than decrease — total consumption when advertising …

strengthening regulatory capacity to address trade liberalization impacts on risk commodity consumption and health …Trade and investment liberalization (trade liberalization) can promote or harm health. Undoubtedly it has contributed … living standards. In the absence of public health protections, however, it is also a significant upstream driver of non …

peer health and also in reactivity to peer influence. This paper estimates heterogeneity in the peer effects of obesity … suggest that policies that reduce obesity could simultaneously widen some existing health disparities due to the … programs that seek to leverage social interactions for better health outcomes. …

, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on diet’s diversity between 1994 and 2004. The results from a dynamic econometric … changes, and access to a garden plot all have a significant impact on the changes in consumption behavior in Russia. Regarding … the macroeconomic variables, inflation has a significant impact on changes in alcohol and cigarettes consumption, while …