Obesity

National Economic Development Status May Affect the Association between Central Adiposity and Cognition in Older Adults

We construct a tractable structural dynamic model of consumption, purchase and stocks by consumers for whom stockpiling is unobserved and for whom preferences are isolastic and affected by independent and identically distributed shocks.

This study examines British households to assess how they have adjusted to changes in the economic environment.

We study the recent decline in dietary salt intake in the UK, and show that it was entirely attributable to product reformulation by firms.

Food purchases differ substantially across countries. We use detailed household level data from the US, France and the UK to (i) document these differences; (ii) estimate a demand system for food and nutrients, and (iii) simulate counterfactual choices if households faced prices and nutritional characteristics from other countries.

We evaluate the impact of a policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth, on hospital admissions related to illicit drug use.

This paper considers whether households cut back on food spending to finance the additional cost of keeping warm during spells of unseasonably cold weather.

There has been a marked increase in body weight across much of the developed world. This has taken place, even though data suggest that there has not been an increase in calories consumed. This leads to a puzzle. If calories are declining, why are people gaining weight?