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The Economics of Obesity (Hardcover)
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The Economics of Obesity (Hardcover)
Series: Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research
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Obesity, which has increased in most developed countries in the
past few decades, is the result of genetics, environment, and
individual choices. Economics is useful for studying the individual
choices that lead to obesity, explanations for the recent rise in
obesity, the treatment options for obesity, and the costs and
consequences of obesity for the individual and society.
The papers in this volume, devoted to the economics of obesity,
illustrate the wide usefulness of the economic approach. The papers
in the first section propose and test economic explanations for
food-consumption choices and obesity. In particular, they assess
the impact of food quality, access to fast food, food prices,
legislation, and other factors on diet, physical activity, and body
weight.
Treatments for obesity, specifically bariatric surgery and
anti-obesity drugs, are studied in the second section of this
volume. The third section is devoted to the labor market impacts of
obesity; evidence from fifteen countries is presented and
evaluated. The fourth and final section calculates the impact of
obesity on hospital costs and examines the externalities imposed by
obesity through health insurance.
Taken together, the papers in this volume advance the frontier of
knowledge about the causes, implications, and consequences of
obesity, and validate the usefulness of the economic approach for
studying obesity in particular and medical conditions more
generally.
*Studies obesity from an economic perspective
*Proposes economic explanation for food consumption choices,
treatment of obesity, and treatment of the condition
*International in scope - provides evidence from 15 countries
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