The paper, after a short review of the different (economic, ethical and political) pros and cons
of state interventions against obesity, presents the results of a survey aimed at testing the …

The paper presents the results of a statistical analysis aimed at highlighting the negative
relationship existing between price and high energy density for a basket of food items in …

Abstract The World Health Organization has stated that obesity is spreading around the
world like a “global epidemic”. In 2004 the percentage of obese people in the Italian …

This paper reviews the economic literature related to obesity and consumer decisions,
pursuing the overall question, whether the current obesity epidemic and its social bias can …

If, for a long time, the prime objective of food policies was to guarantee food safety,
nowadays the objectives are more qualitative, at least in the developed countries. The …

Worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since the 1980s, contributing to significant mortality
and morbidity due to the associated risks of type 2 diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and …

Nowadays, foods have multiplied and diversified enormously, due to several factors, among
which the growth of population, the diversification of the consumption needs, the …

The obesity pandemic is a problem of modern society. The aim of the study is to establish an
operational conceptualization of human biological needs in terms of obesity and to examine …

Over the past few decades, food consumption patterns have changed dramatically.
Technological changes have contributed to a more cost-efficient food production and …

This article reports on a qualitative analysis of the measures proposed at the international
level, but with a special focus on those adopted in Spain during the last decade. Analyzing …