Obesity rates in the U.S. have doubled since 1980. Given the medical, social, and financial costs of obesity, a large …

This paper investigates the association between obesity and skill attainment in early childhood (aged 2-4 years). Data … (including body mass index and obesity) controlling for a rich set of child, parent, and family characteristics. The findings … indicate that, among boys, obesity is associated with reduced verbal skills, social skills, motor skills, and activities of …

Recent research has found that maternal employment is associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity. This … the association of maternal employment with childhood obesity …

Several recent surveys have asked Americans whether they support policies to reduce childhood obesity. There is reason … estimate the willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesity. <br><br>The willingness to pay data correlate in predictable ways … with respondent characteristics. The mean WTP for a 50% reduction in childhood obesity is $46.41 (95% CI: $33.45, $59 …

is classified as obese. For example, when the more accurate measures of fatness are used, the gap in obesity between …, the gap in obesity between African American and white women is cut in half (with African American women still …Virtually all social science research related to obesity uses body mass index (BMI), usually calculated using self …

information impacted body weight and obesity among American adults. We estimate the effect of the new label using a difference … obesity. Using NLEA regulatory impact analysis benchmarks, we estimate that the total monetary benefit of this decrease in …

This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables (IV) to estimate the impact of obesity on medical … weight as a natural experiment, yields estimates of the impact of obesity on medical costs that are considerably higher than … the correlations reported in the previous literature. For example, obesity is associated with $676 higher annual medical …

's enlistment standards for weight-for-height and percent body fat. The implications of rising obesity for the U.S. military are …