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 …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and
poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable …

The past decade has seen the transition of agricultural economics from perceived
irrelevance to being seen as key to saving the world from an array of grand challenges …

In the past few decades, obesity rates among American children have skyrocketed. Although
many factors have played a part in this unhealthy increase, this paper focuses on how …

Nineteenth‐century US whites were taller than their mulatto and darker complexioned A
frican‐A merican counterparts, a pattern known as the 'M ulatto A dvantage'. If this pattern …

Part dream, part nightmare, industrial agriculture is a cultural imaginary residing just beyond
the boundaries of “official” environmental philosophy. Environmental ethics has emphasized …

This volume examines the biocultural dimensions of obesity from an anthropological
perspective in an effort to broaden understanding of a growing public health concern. The …

In this article we use an economic model to link markets for agricultural commodities to food-
product markets, and to trace the effects of agricultural policies on prices of food products …

This chapter provides an overview of the levels, trends, causes, and consequences of
obesity, related market failures, and the evidence of the impact of policies that could …

Other food policies have also been implicated in the obesity epidemic. Our findings are
generally negative regarding both the contributions of USDA's food and nutrition programs …