The obesity epidemic and the growing debate about what, if any, public health policy should
be adopted is the subject of endless debates within the media and in governments around …

The World Health Organization estimates that around one billion people throughout the
world are overweight and that over 300 million of these are obese and if current trends …

The discipline of economics plays a varied role in informing the understanding of the
problem of obesity and the impact of different interventions aimed at addressing it. This …

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 …

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 …

This paper reviews the economic research on obesity, covering topics such as the
measurement of, and trends in, obesity, the economic causes of obesity (eg the monetary …

The world-wide and ongoing rise in obesity has generated enormous popular interest and
policy concern in developing countries, where it is rapidly becoming the major public health …

The inequality of nutrition and obesity re-focuses concern on who in society is consuming
the worst diet. Identification of individuals with the worst of dietary habits permits for targeting …

This paper briefly covers some of the recent issues and policies related to nutrition, obesity
and health. Some of the important economic research gaps, needs and challenges are then …

Over a decade ago, the finding of a form of low-grade systemic inflammation
('metaflammation') associated with obesity, insulin resistance and chronic disease proffered …