This paper reviews the economic research on obesity, covering topics such as the
measurement of, and trends in, obesity, the economic causes of obesity (eg the monetary …

Current evidence of the impact of childhood obesity on human capital development does not
point in a consistent direction, and its interpretation is challenging. We carried out a …

The methodology and application of Mendelian randomization to study causal mechanisms
in health and disease has developed dramatically over the past decade. New methods …

Background Epidemiological studies suggest a potential role for obesity and determinants of
adult stature in prostate cancer risk and mortality, but the relationships described in the …

This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of obesity by using
a novel instrument: genetic risk score, which reflects the predisposition to higher body mass …

Objective: While being overweight or obese in adolescence may have detrimental effects on
academic attainment, the evidence base is limited by reliance on cross-sectional studies …

The use of genetic markers as instrumental variables (IV) is receiving increasing attention
from economists, statisticians, epidemiologists and social scientists. Although IV is …

Purpose The purposes of this study were to review the evidence on longitudinal
associations between child and adolescent obesity and academic achievement and to …

Obese children tend to perform worse academically than normal‐weight children. If poor
cognitive achievement is truly a consequence of childhood obesity, this relationship has …

There is a worldwide epidemic of obesity. We are just beginning to understand its
consequences for child obesity. This paper addresses one important component of the …