revenue to address obesity-related issues. A related concern is that children’s intake of SSBs, a third that of milk … a day among children, lowering the obesity rate from 16.1 percent to 13.4 percent and the overweight rate from 32 … decrease their calorie intake (21 calories a day) and increase their calcium intake, but the overweight and obesity rates would …

In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to …

health. Our results show that discount functions are quasi-hyperbolic in shape, and that obesity and drinking are positively … related to the discount rate. Anti-obesity policy, therefore, would be best directed to informing individuals as to the long …

While there is increasing interest in reducing obesity, relatively few of these efforts focus on rural communities. A … multi-tiered model to reduce obesity risk factors was developed and implemented to change food behavior and health awareness … increase in, a) obesity as cancer risk awareness and b) food nutrition awareness. Also, increased food nutrition awareness …

-related diseases namely, obesity and diabetes. Other variables were included in the analysis to provide additional evidence to previous …

This paper seeks to understand the effect of environment on obesity by studying the effect of acculturation on the … health of a foreign population – who experience a relatively low prevalence of obesity – after they have been introduced to … rates of obesity. Acculturation for the purpose of this study is defined as a voluntary or involuntary adaptation of food …