Kristian Bolin, John H. Cawley, Michael Grossman, Björn Lindgren
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...
Obesity, which has increased in most developed countries in the past few decades, is the result of genetics, environment, and individual choices. Econ...
