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

as well as measures of overweight and obesity. We then turn to quantile regression to address the possibility that …

This paper contributes to explaining the obesity epidemic and finding a potential remedy. We build a theoretical model …, we show that a high degree of positionality could explain the obesity epidemic. In this environment, a government … of government dietary intervention seem to have had no effect on obesity and suggests that the same type of intervention …

-called "menu mandates" is a concern about rising obesity levels driven largely by Americans' eating habits. Menu mandates have been …-run effects on outcomes such as body mass index (BMI) and obesity. Drawing on nearly 300,000 respondents from the Behavioral Risk … find that the impact of such labeling requirements on BMI, obesity, and other health-related outcomes is trivial, and, to …

the impact of mandatory menu labeling laws on obesity and diabetes rates. Results show a decline in the growth of obesity …

policy as a way of tackling childhood obesity. Standard economic theory suggests that restricting supply by law leads to … health’ grounds to tackle childhood obesity. This report looks at the empirical literature to see whether this is true. We … of fast food outlets and the prevalence of obesity. Of the studies, only fifteen (20%) found a positive association …

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 …

This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … the Turkish Health Survey (THS) prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The obesity indicator in our …