Many commentators have speculated that agricultural policies have contributed to increased obesity rates in the United …

We extend the existing literature on food taxes targeting obesity. First, we incorporate the implicit substitution …

generate revenue that governments can use to address the obesity-caused health and economic burden. Two beverage demand systems …

-related diseases namely, obesity and diabetes. Other variables were included in the analysis to provide additional evidence to previous …

, contributing to the U.S. obesity epidemic. Previous studies of the FSP have yielded mixed results. In this study we develop new … omitted variables and individual health characteristics explain the higher prevalence of obesity among female FSP participants … convincing evidence for the hypothesis that FSP participation causes obesity by increasing caloric consumption, decreasing …

Obesity and diabetes are increasingly attributed to environmental factors, however, little attention has been paid to … environment and ‘local’ agriculture with U.S. county-level prevalence of obesity and diabetes. Key indicators of the ‘local’ food … associated with the prevalence of obesity and diabetes and a strong 'local' food economy may play an important role in prevention …