Fat economics : nutrition, health, and economic policy
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Mario Mazzocchi; Bruce Traill; Jason F Shogren
- ناشر : Oxford : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9780199213856
Description
Table of contents:Information; Obesity in Developing Countries; Children and Families; Conclusion: The Economics of Obesity; 3. Economic Evaluation Tools for Evidence-based Policy Making; Measures of the Direct and Indirect Costs to Society of Obesity; Evidence-based Interventions and their Costs; Conclusion: The Economic Burden of Obesity; 4. Policy Intervention; Information Measures; Market Measures; Conclusions; 6. Concluding Fat Economics; Glossary / 1. The Obesity Epidemic; The Epidemic in Context; Why are People Eating More? The Need to Understand Behavior as well as Biology; What Does This Have to Do With Governments?; Conclusions; 2. Why Obesity? An Economic Perspective; Is Obesity a Failure of the Market Economy?; Consumer Decision Making; Market Exchange.
The obesity epidemic and the growing debate about what, if any, public health policy should be adopted is the subject of endless debate within the media and in governments around the world. Whilst much has been written on the subject, this book takes a unique approach by looking at the obesity epidemic from an economic perspective.
