The Rise of Obesity in Europe: An Economic Perspective

Obesity in Europe is rising. This paper investigates the economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We present new empirical evidence showing that family background is rented to obesity among young European adults. This evidence provides a strong basis for intervention on equity...

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Volume:	24
Main Author:	Giorgio Brunello Pierre-Carl Michaud Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	OXFORD Blackwell Publishing 01.07.2009 OXFORD UNIV PRESS Oxford University Press
published in:	Economic policy Vol. 24; no. 59; pp. 551 - 596
Data of publication:	20090701
ISSN:	0266-4658 1468-0327
EISSN:	1468-0327
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Productivity Obesity Body mass index Health insurance Health expenditures Life expectancy Labor markets Children Overweight Empirical evidence Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences MORTALITY WAGES RETIREMENT OVERWEIGHT CONSEQUENCES BODY-MASS INDEX PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY HEALTH WEIGHT
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2009 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS