Background Comprehensive, multi-level approaches are required to address obesity. One
important target for intervention is the economic domain. The purpose of this study was to …

This paper elucidates the challenges surrounding the economics of some popular obesity-
related policy proposals. Solid economic justifications for anti-obesity policies are often …

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 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 …

Objective This paper examines the relationship between obesity and greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions while accounting for the environmental impact of growth in transportation …

Health-related behavior is an intriguing area of study for most applied economists who
engage with policy questions. While health status is often not chosen directly by individuals …

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 …

The obesity epidemic has become an issue of major public concern in recent years, with dire
predictions of its impact on public health budgets and the long‐term health of populations in …

Editorial healthy foods as neighborhood grocery stores and four times the number of these
foods as convenience stores (Sallis et al. 1986). Yet there are four times as many …

This report was commissioned by the Foresight programme of the Government Office for
Science to support its project on Tackling Obesities: Future Choices. The views are not the …