Background: Academic research examining relationships between time spent in food related activities and obesity using …, including food preparation and primary eating are associated with lower probabilities of obesity or decreased BMI. The addition … of race and ethnicity to the investigation of the relationship between food behaviors and obesity adds complexity to an …

supportive of lifestyles that could reduce residents risk for obesity and cancer in a small community to provide point of sale …

the most appropriate policy instrument and to address obesity issues. …

This paper seeks to understand the effect of environment on obesity by studying the effect of acculturation on the … health of a foreign population – who experience a relatively low prevalence of obesity – after they have been introduced to … rates of obesity. Acculturation for the purpose of this study is defined as a voluntary or involuntary adaptation of food …

assistance, poverty and obesity. This will help explain interactions of innovations (new information) from food environment …

Many commentators have claimed that farm subsidies have contributed significantly to the ―obesity epidemic‖ by making …‖ commodities would contribute to reducing obesity rates. In this paper we use an equilibrium displacement model to estimate and … calories would be the most efficient as obesity policy. A tax on calories would have the lowest deadweight loss per pound of …

implications of the effective fruit and vegetable advertising programs on caloric intake and obesity management policies. …

examining how the existence of income-related inequalities in unhealthy behaviours and more specifically, obesity (as a proxy … empirically examine data from two countries, England and Spain, which exhibit rising obesity levels, as well as smoking and … countries. The results document the persistence of income inequalities in obesity and tobacco use, which disproportionately …

This study investigates the relation between early life conditions and adult obesity in France, using a rich data set …, after controlling for current socio-demographic characteristics, a relation was found between obesity and the following … highlight a definite gender pattern, with a strong association between early disadvantage and obesity in women, but not in men …