overconsumption of food and analysis of the economic policy reforms designed to improve health. <p> Paper [I] estimates a hedonic … for food characteristics associated with health. A trade-off exists between health and taste. For instance, sugar, salt …The thesis consists of a summary and four papers, concerned with food consumption, behavior associated with …

weight and on its control, studying diet is essential to understand both the relationship of individuals to their weight and …

In this note we take a first look at the extent to which ethnic minorities in the UK maintain or diverge from the diet … associated with their country of origin; and whether those who maintain their ethnic origin diet eat more or less healthily. We … find that immigrants are more likely to eat food of ethnic origins than minority group members born in the UK. Those of …

that produces the unhealthy food charges a higher price and obtains a larger share of the market unless the emotional/health …In this paper, we carry out a theoretical analysis of the strategic choice made by firms regarding the type of food … they market when they face consumers who care about the healthy/unhealthy attributes of the product but incur in emotional/health …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary …, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors. It describes traditional economic approaches … increase social welfare. The chapter summarizes the literature on the consequences of risky health behaviors for economic …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary …, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors. It describes traditional economic approaches … increase social welfare. The chapter summarizes the literature on the consequences of risky health behaviors for economic …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary …, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors. It describes traditional economic approaches … increase social welfare. The chapter summarizes the literature on the consequences of risky health behaviors for economic …

Using longitudinal and biomarker data from the China Family Panel Studies and the China Health and Nutrition Survey …, this study examines the association between the type of domestic cooking fuel and the health of women aged ≥16 in rural … LNG have a significantly lower probability of chronic or acute diseases and are more likely to report better health. Even …