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The Rise in Obesity Across the Atlantic An Economic Perspective

Giorgio Brunello, Pierre-Carl Michaud and Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano

No WR-586, Working Papers from RAND Corporation

Abstract: The authors provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyze whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. They take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three categories of market failures: productive inefficiencies, lack of information or rationality and health insurance externalities. They also calculate the long term financial consequences of current U.S. and European obesity trends, and conclude with a brief review of current policies to reduce and prevent excessive body weight both in Europe and the U.S.

Keywords: obesity; health care costs; efficiency; equity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 67 pages
Date: 2008-06
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