We use scanner data of supermarket sales to investigate the effects of the EU School Fruit campaign, conducted in a sample of primary schools in the city of Rome during 2010 and 2011, on the consumption of unhealthy snacks. We allocate supermarkets to treatment and control groups depending on...

We use scanner data of supermarket sales to investigate the effects of the EU School Fruit campaign, conducted in a sample of primary schools in the city of Rome during 2010 and 2011, on the consumption of unhealthy snacks. We allocate supermarkets to treatment and control groups depending on...

Die Verbreitung von Übergewicht und Adipositas ist besorgniserregend, auch in der Schweiz. Von den vielen Faktoren, die im Zusammenhang mit Übergewicht stehen, werden die Marketingaktivitäten der Lebensmittelindustrie besonders stark kritisiert (Seiders and Petty 2004, p. 154). Daher ist es...