… Obesity in Europe is rising. This paper investigates the economic rationales for public intervention
to control obesity… background is related to obesity among young European adults. This …

… In this chapter we will outline three work-streams that are more focused on direct obesity policy.
They … to address medical and economic consequences of obesity, and to improve obesity …

… are necessary to control the obesity epidemic; whether our early endeavours to confront
obesity are the right choices; and whether they are sufficient to reverse the obesity trends. …

… Obesity has been characterised as a wicked problem [1], which intersects multiple domains
including lifestyle and behaviour, local environments, economic … approaches in obesity—…

… health and economic consequences in the next two decades from a continued rise in obesity
in … These trends project 65 million more obese adults in the USA and 11 million more obese …

… The theme running through the Address is policy and its evaluation. Following a brief
discussion of trends in obesity and diet quality, the standard economic model of food choice is …

… to the ACE-Obesity Policy team from the Centre of Research Excellence … Obesity Policy
study - focused on the current gaps in the economic evidence by evaluating a range of obesity …

… Differentials in terms of the prevalence of obesity across ethnicity and social and economic
status for both adults and children have also emerged in the most recent Health Survey for …

… the economic evaluation literature around the use of fiscal policies to prevent obesity. The
… economic costs and cost-offsets attributable to each policy, this study is regarded to be an …

… a model to examine the health economics of obesity prevention through various measures.
… obesity policy documents 27, 28, justifying investment of money and focus on obesity in …