Background The food environment has been found to impact population dietary behaviour.
Our study aimed to systematically review the impact of different elements of the food …

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 …

This paper investigates the effect of food environments, characterized as food swamps, on
adult obesity rates. Food swamps have been described as areas with a high-density of …

We study the causes of “nutritional inequality”: why the wealthy eat more healthfully than the
poor in the United States. Exploiting supermarket entry and household moves to healthier …

We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight and
obesity. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey, which contains detailed longitudinal …

The obesity epidemic is a global issue and shows no signs of abating, while the cause of
this epidemic remains unclear. Marketing practices of energy-dense foods and institutionally …

We study the impact of mandatory calorie posting on consumers' purchase decisions using
detailed data from Starbucks. We find that average calories per transaction fall by 6 percent …

We investigate how changes in the supply of fast food restaurants affect weight outcomes of
3 million children and 3 million pregnant women. Among ninth graders, a fast food …

Objective To investigate the effect of fast food consumption on mean population body mass
index (BMI) and explore the possible influence of market deregulation on fast food …

Food prepared away from home (FAFH)—whether eaten in restaurants, fast-food and\r other
locations, or as take-out or delivery to be eaten at home—is now a routine part of the diets of …