Developing national obesity policy in middle-income countries: a case study from North Africa

M Holdsworth, J El Ati, A Bour, Y Kameli… - Health policy and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… Despite this, a national strategy for obesity does not exist in … of policies to prevent obesity,
and thus guide policy makers in … ) who appraised 12 obesity policy options by reference to …

Obesity in Eastern Europe: an overview of its health and economic implications

C Knai, M Suhrcke, T Lobstein - Economics & Human Biology, 2007 - Elsevier
… now to stem the obesity epidemic from further developing and in so doing, reduce the
substantial economic costs associated with obesity. Expanding on these policy options is beyond …

The social and economic determinants of obesity: an empirical study in Italy

A Banterle, A Cavaliere - 2009 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
… Moreover, a number of economic studies deals with the … analyse the socio-economic variables
affecting obesity, by means … , nutrition and health policies targeting on obesity issues can …

[HTML][HTML] Food policies and obesity in low-and middle-income countries

KA Abay, H Ibrahim, C Breisinger - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
… and domestic policies to address the increasing obesity rates … fiscal policies and body
weight suggest that these policies … varying income levels and economic growth rates may have …

Legal and policy measures to promote healthy behaviour: using incentives and disincentives to control obesity

NM Ries - McGill JL & Health, 2012 - HeinOnline
… , the adverse medical, economic, and social impacts of obesity-related illnesses make …
obesity prevention and control measures shows that "many population-based prevention policies

Halting the obesity epidemic: a public health policy approach.

M Nestle, MF Jacobson - Public health reports, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… deeply rooted cultural, social, and economic factors that actively encourage overeating and
… in part because such advice runs counter to the economic imperatives of our food system.32 …

Health Public Policy Public opinion on food-related obesity prevention policy initiatives

B Morley, J Martin, P Niven… - Health Promotion Journal …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
… to the Socio-Economic Index for Areas Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage,11 …
number of food-related policy initiatives aimed at obesity prevention including: food labelling…

Global obesity: trends, risk factors and policy implications

VS Malik, WC Willett, FB Hu - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2013 - nature.com
… Although the relationship between economics and obesity should be investigated further,
economic policies and global trade agreements should be considered when designing …

Life satisfaction, overweightness and obesity

M Kuroki - International Journal of Wellbeing, 2016 - internationaljournalofwellbeing.org
… However, recent developments in behavioral economics suggests that people often fail to …
economics of obesity and discussing the rationale and justification of obesity-related policies. …

Health insurance and the obesity externality

J Bhattacharya, N Sood - The economics of obesity, 2006 - emerald.com
… Our model results suggest two more policies that limit the social welfare harm from the
obesity externality under pooled insurance. First, even moderate levels of cost sharing …