, obesity and health in OECD countries and the large differences among countries. The empirical model shows that progress in … medical treatment and health expenditure mitigates mortality from diet-related diseases, despite rising obesity rates. While …

international standard for obesity, whereas 32.0 percent of Americans do. A total of 66.5 percent of Americans have a BMI over 25 … of obesity in the world and the United States one of the highest, giving particular attention to underlying economic …

This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our … obesity and wages. As previously reported in the literature, the association between obesity, unemployment and wages seems to …

food-away-from-home and food-at-home expenditures on overweight rates, obesity rates, and combined rates. Our random … effects model estimates suggest that food-away-from-home expenditures are positively related to obesity and combined rates …, while food-at-home expenditures are negatively related to obesity and combined rates. However, the magnitudes of these …

criticized for contributing to the obesity problem in the U.S. by making large quantities of fattening foods widely available and …

-economic and environmental factors on weight gain and obesity. Such issues acquire particular relevance when data from two … Mediterranean countries (Italy and Spain) are compared. Interestingly, the obesity rate was 5 percentage points higher in Spain in … in overweight (body mass index BMI - between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2), class 1 (BMI30 kg/m2) and class 2 obesity (BMI35 kg/m2 …