Obesity, Business and Public Policy

Edited by Zoltan Acs and Alan Lyles

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Abstract: The effects of obesity have become practically ubiquitous in the US. This book aims to provide an alternative framework through which to explore the important and controversial obesity debate that has spilled over from the medical community. This book is not about obesity as a medical condition, nor does it offer a wide-ranging discussion on the health effects of obesity or the role of the ‘right’ diet.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781845425005
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction

Zoltan Acs and Alan Lyles

Ch 2 The Spread of Obesity

David Audretsch and Dawne DiOrio

Ch 3 The Economics of Childhood Obesity Policy

John Cawley

Ch 4 Obesity, Poverty and Diversity: Theoretical and Strategic Challenges

Lenneal J. Henderson

Ch 5 The Labor Market Impact of Obesity

John Cawley

Ch 6 Mixed Messages in Marketing Communications about Food and Obesity

Stephen J. Gould and Fiona Sussan

Ch 7 Weight Control, Private Health Insurance and Public Policies

Alan Lyles and Ann Cotten

Ch 8 The Infrastructure of Obesity

Zoltan Acs, Ann Cotten and Kenneth R. Stanton

Ch 9 Federal Communication about Obesity in the Dietary Guidelines and Checkoff Programs

Parke Wilde

Ch 10 Tax Solutions to the External Costs of Obesity

Julie Elston, Kenneth R. Stanton and David T. Levy

Ch 11 Tobacco Control as a Model for Trimming the Obesity Problem

David T. Levy and Marilyn Oblak

Ch 12 Perspectives on the Economic and Cultural Effects of Obesity Litigation: Lessons from Pelman v McDonald’s

José Felipé Anderson

Ch 13 A Policy Framework for Confronting Obesity

Zoltan Acs, Lenneal J Henderson, David T Levy and Alan Lyles

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