Economics and Obesity.

K Mavromaras - Australian Economic Review, 2008 - search.ebscohost.com
The article discusses the correlation of economics with the causes of obesity in Australia. It
explains the possible contribution that the discipline of economics can make in …

Economics of obesity

PJ Huckfeldt, DN Lakdawalla… - The Elgar Companion to …, 2012 - elgaronline.com
The recent rise in obesity has generated enormous popular interest and policy concern in
developed countries where it is rapidly becoming one of the major health problems facing …

Economics of obesity

D Lakdawalla, TJ Philipson - The Elgar companion to health …, 2006 - books.google.com
The recent rise in obesity has generated enormous popular interest and policy concern in
developed countries where it is rapidly becoming one of the major health problems facing …

Obesity: An economic and financial perspective

RK Goel - Journal of Economics and Finance, 2006 - Springer
Obesity has been slowly increasing in most countries. This problem has increased to an
extent that it is being labeled an epidemic and a leading cause of preventable deaths …

The Vulnerable and the Disadvantaged.

C Burns - Australian Economic Review, 2008 - search.ebscohost.com
The article examines the government policy for obesity in Australia. It characterizes the
current policy for obesity in the country as a collective and systematic failure to alter diet …

[图书][B] The economics of obesity

K Bolin, J Cawley - 2006 - emerald.com
Preface | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access
Advanced search Preface The Economics of Obesity ISBN : 978-0-7623-1406-5, eISBN …

Understanding overeating and obesity

CJ Ruhm - Journal of Health economics, 2012 - Elsevier
The combination of economic and biological factors is likely to result in overeating in the
current environment of cheap and readily available food. This propensity is shown using a …

Economic costs of obesity and the case for government intervention.

B McCormick, I Stone - Obesity reviews, 2007 - search.ebscohost.com
The article discusses social care costs and health care costs of treating obesity and its direct
consequences including employment, national output, tax revenue and government …

[引用][C] The world‐wide growth in obesity: an economic research agenda

T Philipson - Health economics, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity is typically treated as a problem of public health or personal attractiveness. While
obesity is all of those things, it is even more an economic phenomenon. More than many …

The cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention

R Carter, M Moodie - Obesity Epidemiology: From Aetiology to …, 2010 - books.google.com
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the economics of obesity prevention, particularly
the available evidence on the cost-effectiveness of interventions and how the economic …