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 …

Obesity has become a major health issue. Research in economics has provided important insights as to how technological … progress reduced the relative price of food and contributed to the increase in obesity. However, the increased availability of …'s well-being. It is found that obesity decreases the well-being of individuals who report limited self-control, but not …

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare changes in body mass index (BMI), obesity, and consumer well-being in …

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

This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … the Turkish Health Survey (THS) prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). The obesity indicator in our …

Obesity rates have risen dramatically in the US since the 1980s, but well-identified studies have struggled to explain … the magnitude of the observed changes. In this paper, we estimate the causal impact of economic insecurity on obesity …-level increase in obesity …