Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk … study was to assess a potential causal relationship between obesity or alcohol use, and educational outcomes, in Germany …-invariant confounders. The results suggest that the presence of obesity during childhood, as well as alcohol consumption during childhood …

/drink taxation in changing eating patterns and life styles and hence combating the obesity epidemic. One remarkable point that … obesity, by the interplay of several factors among them the effects of cross-price elasticities. …

-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in …In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …

The rise of childhood obesity in less developed countries is often overlooked. We study the impact of body weight … least obese classrooms. As obesity rates increase, reference points for appropriate body weights may rise, making it more … difficult to lower obesity rates. …

-related inequalities in obesity. By use of the concentration index and decomposition techniques we answer the following questions: 1) Does … obesity inequality favour or disfavour the poor? 2) What factors explain this inequality at different points in time? 3) How … can the pattern of inequality over time be explained? We find that among females, inequalities in obesity favour the rich …

to sizeable increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among low-income children. …

Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior …

Obesity is a complex medical problem that according to World Health Organization has become a global epidemic. Its … suffer a double burden of disease arising from the coexistence of obesity and malnutrition. In this paper we analyze the … results from the Risk Factors National Survey relating the prevalence of obesity and overweight in Argentinean provinces with …

In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations …, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) for 1998–2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability … of obesity among 5th graders. This effect is concentrated among boys; we find evidence that this gender difference is …