The economics of obesity / edited by Kristian Bolin, John Cawley.
| Other author | Bolin, Kristian. |
| Other author | Cawley, John H., Jr. (John Horan), 1970- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, |
| Description | xxiii, 364 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Emerald Business, Management & Economics Book Series |
| Subjects |
| Series | Advances in health economics and health services research, 0731-2199 ; v. 17 Advances in health economics and health services research, 0731-2199 ; v. 17. ^A1053510 |
| Contents | Part I: Predicting obesity and related behaviours -- Endogenous food quality and bodyweight trend / Liqun Liu, Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving -- Access to fast food and food prices : relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and overweight among adolescents / Lisa M. Powell ... [et al.] -- A behavioral model of cyclical dieting / Steven M. Suranovic and Robert S. Goldfarb -- Effects of Title IX and sports participation on girls' physical activity and weight / Robert Kaestner and Xin Xu -- Obesity and diabetes : the roles that prices and policies play / Inas Rashad -- Part II: Treatments for obesity -- Advances in bariatric surgery for obesity : laparoscopic surgery / William E. Encinosa, Didem M. Bernard and Claudia A. Steiner -- One pill makes you smaller : the demand for anti-obesity drugs / John Cawley and John A. Rizzo -- Part III: Labor market impacts of obesity -- Obesity, employment and wages in Europe / Jaune Garcia and Climent Quintana-Domeque -- Obesity and occupational attainment among the 50+ of Europe / Petter Lundborg ... [et al.] -- Gender, body mass, and socioeconomic status : new evidence from the PSID / Dalton Conley and Rebecca Glauber -- Part IV: Other costs and consequences of obesity -- Health insurance and the obesity externality / Jay Bhattacharya and Neeraj Sood -- Obesity, hospital services use and costs / Nana Bro Folmann ... [et al.] -- How mush does obesity matter? Results from the 2001 Canadian community health survey / William MacMinn, James McIntosh and Caroline Yung. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780762314065 |
| ISBN | 0762314060 |
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