… the policy on those who do not share the values of the policy … way, behavioral economics
may lead us to policies that … economics may inform food policy to help combat the obesity …

… in the obesity epidemic, and we may classify them into 3 general categories: economic and
policy … We focus on the relationship between economic/policy environment and obesity in this …

… The recent rise in obesity has generated enormous popular interest and policy concern
in developing countries, where it is rapidly becoming a major health problem. But …

… 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 …

… relationship between obesity, calories consumed, and the urbanization process, it is also
necessary to estimate the magnitude of such relationships when different agricultural policies, …

… of obesity on wages and health insurance, behavioral economics as applied to obesity, and
… The workshop also discussed policy implications and future directions for obesity research. …

… Food quality as well as quantity consumed and policies to influence … is policy and its
evaluation. Following a brief discussion of trends in obesity and diet quality, the standard economic …

… policy interventions might make the most sense. But here, we want to emphasize that if obesity
causes bad health, it follows plausibly that obesity … Thus, we believe that the public policy …

… is obese. There is growing evidence that obesity in America is largely an economic issue. In
… In Section 5 I give an overview of food policy recommendation to fight against obesity and …

… obesity policy research, (2) the need to study “natural experiments” resulting from policy-based
efforts to address the obesity … for economic research across several relevant policy areas, …