Five papers in the volume use economic models to predict obesity and related behaviours. Two of the papers are theoretical. Liqun Liu , Andrew J. Rettenmaier , and Thomas R. Saving analyse the importance of food quality for bodyweight. Bodyweight is treated as a variable of choice – the...

This paper brings a European perspective to the mainly U.S.-based literature on the relationship between obesity and labour-market outcomes. Using micro-data on workers aged 50 and over from the newly developed SHARE database, the effects of obesity on employment, hours worked, and wages across...