The Super Size of America: An Economic Estimation of Body Mass Index and Obesity in Adults

By I. Rashad, Michael Grossman, Shin-Yi Chou. 2005

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Impatience, Incentives and Obesity (2015, unknown): “2Other economic factors linked to obesity include cigarette prices (Chou et al., 2004; Gruber and Frakes, 2006; Chou et al., 2006; Rashad et al., 2006; Baum, 2009; Nonnemaker et al., 2009; Courtemanche, 2009), Walmart Supercenters (Courtemanche, 2011), work hours (Courtemanche, 2009), health insuran”
The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity and Weight Gain (2009, result): “…Risk Factor Surveillance surveys and find a positive association between obesity and the per capita number of restaurants ( fast food and others in the state. from Inas Rashad, Grossman, and Chou ( 2006 ) present similar findings using data the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.”
Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality* (2019, background): “, 2008; Grossman, 2015), but the new Homescan add-on survey provides a (4)Although not solely focused on retail environments, recent work further examines how changes in a range of socioenvironmental factors, including restaurant and food store availability and food prices, have contributed to risin”
THE ECONOMIC CAUSES OF OBESITY: A SURVEY (2008, unknown): “Rashad et al. (2006) also examined the effects of relative prices on BMI and obesity.”