Lyford, Conrad P.; Belasco, Eric J.; Chidmi, Benaissa; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
The fight against obesity in the U.S. has become a priority area for policy makers due to the additional health risks … and health care costs. In developing policy to lower obesity rates, it is important to accurately characterize the impact … treated as heterogeneous at least for these factors in obesity policy and related analyses. …