of variations in body mass and obesity across the U.S. It finds that they have a significant positive effect on BMI and …Despite increasing knowledge on its adverse consequences, obesity prevalence across the U.S. has been rising markedly … argued to exacerbate the prevalence of obesity is the distribution of income. Augmenting data from 12 consecutive waves of …

In this paper, we examine the effect of food prices on clinical measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI … study to consider clinically measured levels of body composition rather than BMI to investigate the effects of food prices … on obesity among youths. We also examine whether the effects of food prices on body composition differ by gender and race …

obesity based on body-mass index (BMI). We merge measures of body composition from bioelectrical-impedance analysis (BIA) and … in PBF in adolescents. These results are consistent with those obtained by using BMI-based measures of obesity. The … responsiveness to fast-food advertising is greater for PBF than for BMI. Males are more responsive to advertising than females …

obesity based on body-mass index (BMI). We merge measures of body composition from bioelectrical-impedance analysis (BIA) and … in PBF in adolescents. These results are consistent with those obtained by using BMI-based measures of obesity. The … responsiveness to fast-food advertising is greater for PBF than for BMI. Males are more responsive to advertising than females …

In this paper, we examine the effect of food prices on clinical measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI … study to consider clinically measured levels of body composition rather than BMI to investigate the effects of food prices … on obesity among youths. We also examine whether the effects of food prices on body composition differ by gender and race …

when the Food Stamp Act began guaranteeing food for those in poverty. Since the Act’s passage, the prevalence of obesity … Program on the prevalence of obesity using 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data. Results indicate food stamps have … significant positive effects on obesity and the obesity gap for females, but these effects are relatively small and such benefits …

of variations in body mass and obesity across the U.S. It finds that they have a significant positive effect on BMI and …Despite increasing knowledge on its adverse consequences, obesity prevalence across the U.S. has been rising markedly … argued to exacerbate the prevalence of obesity is the distribution of income. Augmenting data from 12 consecutive waves of …

The rather small literature on obesity in developing countries mainly uses descriptive statistics and cross section … analysis to focus on rising income levels as the source of rapidly increasing obesity rates. This paper uses a new panel … the main driver of rising obesity levels. The results of the fixed effects estimation suggest that urbanization and …