) is a potential cause of obesity. We find a strong positive correlation between debt and weight for women but this seems …

The negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes has been widely documented, yet little is known … the military, we find that the crude obesity penalty in earnings, which amounts to about 18 percent, is linked to supply …-side characteristics that are associated with both earnings and obesity. In particular, we show that the penalty reflects negative …

obesity based on body-mass index (BMI). We merge measures of body composition from bioelectrical-impedance analysis (BIA) and … in PBF in adolescents. These results are consistent with those obtained by using BMI-based measures of obesity. The … number of youth exposed to fast-food advertising on television but would still result in non-trivial reductions in obesity …

We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK. There is only one other … analysis of the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes …

) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of …

In this paper, we investigate the effects of trade in foods on obesity in Mexico. To do so, we match data on Mexican … imports from the U.S. can explain up to twenty percent of the rise in obesity prevalence among Mexican women between 1988 and … 2012. Pro-obesity effects are driven by areas more exposed to unhealthy food imports. We also find evidence in favour of a …