Is the Obesity Epidemic a Public Health Problem? A Review of Zoltan J. Acs and Alan Lyles's Obesity, Business and Public Policy

Tomas Philipson and Richard Posner

Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, vol. 46, issue 4, 974-82

Abstract: We review the recent but growing economic literature on the worldwide growth of obesity, relating the review to a recent anthology of articles— Obesity, Business and Public Policy . We discuss the competing explanations for the growth of obesity as well as the role of governments in attempting to limit it.

JEL-codes: I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
Note: DOI: 10.1257/jel.46.4.974
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