lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors. It describes traditional economic approaches …

If human beings care about their relative weight, a form of imitative obesity can emerge (in which people …-effects estimates are not always well-determined, but there are grounds to take seriously the possibility of socially contagious obesity. …

We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are … economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency … obesity trends, and conclude with a brief review of current policies to reduce and prevent excessive body weight both in …

There exists remarkably large differences in body weights and obesity prevalence between black and white women in the …

distribution. There is a strong negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a positive gradient …

examining a previously underappreciated consequence of the rise in obesity in the United States: challenges for military …

percent urban, higher food prices still led to a greater incidence and depth of poverty at the national level. …