FAST FOOD PRICES AND ADULT BODY WEIGHT OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE BASED ON LONGITUDINAL QUANTILE REGRESSION MODELS.

With a parallel increase in the consumption of food away from home, particularly fast food, and the obesity prevalence in the United States, evidence on the potential effectiveness of fiscal pricing policies to curb obesity is needed. We estimate changes in the dispersion of the entire conditional d...

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Publicado en:	Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 528 - 537
Autores principales:	HAN, EUNA, POWELL, LISA M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2013
Materias:	United States Obesity Prices Convenience foods Body mass index Disease prevalence Diseases in adults Health outcome assessment Regression analysis
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