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 …

Policies and changes to the built environment are promising targets for obesity prevention
efforts and can be evaluated as 'natural'‐or 'quasi'‐experiments. This systematic review …

A goal of many health studies is to determine the causal effect of a treatment or intervention
on health outcomes. Often, it is not ethically or practically possible to conduct a perfectly …

CONTEXT: Food insecurity disproportionately affects US demographic groups of children
and adult family members at the highest risk for obesity and may lead to weight gain through …

High rates of incarceration among American men, coupled with high rates of fatherhood
among men in prison, have motivated recent research on the effects of parental …

Background Tackling childhood obesity is one of the major contemporary public health
policy challenges and vital in terms of addressing socioeconomic health inequalities. We …

The literature assessing the efficacy of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, has long puzzled over positive …

High rates of incarceration among American men, coupled with a high prevalence of
fatherhood among the incarcerated, have led to millions of children and families whose …

In the USA, several nutrition‐related issues confront the normal growth, maturation and
development of children and adolescents including obesity and food insecurity. The purpose …

While it is well documented that economic expansions provide widespread and immediate
financial benefits, the evidence on how an economic downturn affects individual's health …