Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare changes in body mass index (BMI), obesity, and consumer well-being in … find that calorie mandates lead to a small but statistically significant reduction in average BMI of 0.2 kg/m2 (1.5 pounds … BMI and life satisfaction are concentrated among those with healthy weight. Viewed in its totality, the pattern of results …

index (BMI) and obesity prevalence, nutrition labeling is considered a cost-effective intervention in many settings. Further … advertising on BMI and obesity prevalence. However, such an intervention is considered to be cost-effective in many settings …Implementation of evidence-based interventions to control obesity is regarded as a public health priority. In this …

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 …

Childhood obesity in developing countries is a topic that hasn’t found its way in the economic literature yet. Despite … the fact that obesity rates are rising worldwide and the phenomenon is very present even among the poorest of households …

We study the effects of traditional cigarette and e-cigarette taxes on use of these products among adults in the United … proportion of adults who smoke cigarettes daily by approximately one percentage point, translating to 2.5 million extra adult …