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The economics of obesity
- Title
- The economics of obesity / edited by Kristian Bolin, John Cawley.
- Publication
- Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JBE 07-744 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xxiii, 364 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Advances in health economics and health services research ; v. 17
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 07-744
- ISBN
- 0762314060
- 9780762314065
- OCLC
- 78218665
- Title
- The economics of obesity / edited by Kristian Bolin, John Cawley.
- Imprint
- Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2007.
- Series
- Advances in health economics and health services research ; v. 17
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Bolin, Kristian.Cawley, John H.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 07-744