Obesity, income and gender: the changing global relationship

H Ameye, J Swinnen - Global Food Security, 2019 - Elsevier
Obesity is considered one of the major health concerns of the 21st century and is frequently
associated with economic development. This paper reviews evidence on internal (within …

Food insecurity as a driver of obesity in humans: The insurance hypothesis

D Nettle, C Andrews, M Bateson - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2017 - cambridge.org
Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human
population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate …

Impacts of the 2008 Great Recession on dietary intake: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RH Jenkins, EP Vamos, D Taylor-Robinson… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The 2008 Great Recession significantly impacted economies and
individuals globally, with potential impacts on food systems and dietary intake. We …

Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood and adolescent body-mass index, weight, and height from 1953 to 2015: an analysis of four longitudinal, observational …

D Bann, W Johnson, L Li, D Kuh, R Hardy - The Lancet Public Health, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood body-mass index (BMI) have been
documented in high-income countries; however, uncertainty exists with regard to how they …

Weight gains from trade in foods: Evidence from Mexico

O Giuntella, M Rieger, L Rotunno - Journal of International Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the effects of trade in foods on obesity in Mexico. To do so, we
match data on Mexican food imports from the US with anthropometric and food expenditure …

[图书][B] Ultra-processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food that Isn't Food

C van Tulleken - 2023 - books.google.com
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FOR NONFICTION• The bestselling and eye-opening investigation into the science …

Parental beliefs about returns to child health investments

P Biroli, T Boneva, A Raja, C Rauh - Journal of Econometrics, 2022 - Elsevier
Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and it poses negative
externalities to health services. To shed light on the role of parents, we elicit parental beliefs …

National food consumption patterns: converging trends and the implications for health

TH Le, M Disegna, T Lloyd - EuroChoices, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, obesity almost tripled between 1975 and 2016 and is now prevalent in both rich
and poor countries. Using annual food availability data produced by the Food and …

Obesity, poverty and public policy

R Griffith - The Economic Journal, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Obesity rates in the United Kingdom, and around the world, are high and rising. They are
higher, and rising faster, amongst people growing up and living in deprivation. These …

Non-separable time preferences, novelty consumption and body weight: Theory and evidence from the East German transition to capitalism

D Dragone, NR Ziebarth - Journal of health economics, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper develops a dynamic model to illustrate how diet and body weight change when
novel food products become available to consumers. We propose a microfounded test to …