specialization. And it creates a measure of hospital-level obesity, based on the fraction of obesity-related discharges for women of …This study explores whether hospitals with higher increases in obesity levels have higher CS rates and the … consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … health outcomes and the intergenerational transmission of obesity. …

Much has been written about the modern obesity epidemic, and historical BMIs are low compared to their modern …

are contributing to high rates of childhood obesity is policy relevant. However, our results provide some evidence that …

Obesity is a major health concern in both developed and developing nations. Yet, evidence on the determinants of … obesity is relatively limited. We contribute to the literature on the determinants of obesity by empirically examining the … effects of energy poverty on obesity.Using 14 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey …

temporal changes in bodyweight and then decompose the increase in obesity prevalence into two components: a rightward shift of … analysed reflects an increase in obesity inequality, this inequality growth subsides in the second decade. Nevertheless, over … the entire 20-year period, obesity inequality increases significantly, especially among females, younger age groups, rural …

Over the past four decades, paralleling the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, the share of families with only … of being the only child in a family on childhood obesity and the mechanisms through which singleton status might affect … childhood obesity. We find gender-specific and age-dependent singleton effects. That is, singletons have a higher level of body …

Background Previous literature documents the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity, yet none has attempted to … quantify the intangible costs of obesity. This study focuses on quantifying the intangible costs of one unit body mass index … obesity are estimated. We apply individual income as a reference for estimating the value of the loss of subjective well …

This paper uses longitudinal micro-evidence from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the obesity … of obesity among adults and analyses the socioeconomic factors contributing to the problem. The associated costs of … obesity are also investigated, both in terms of health status, health care spending and absenteeism. -- obesity ; body mass …

While childhood obesity has become a significant public health concern over the last few decades, knowledge concerning …