Obesity and the economics of prevention : fit not fat / Franco Sassi.

By: Sassi, FrancoContributor(s): Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2010Description: 277 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780857931719 (pbk.); 0857931717 (pbk.); 9781849808606 (cased); 1849808600 (cased)Subject(s): Obesity -- Economic aspects | Obesity -- Prevention
Partial contents:
Introduction : obesity and the economics of prevention -- Promoting health and fighting chronic diseases : what impact on the economy? / Marc Suhrcke -- Obesity : past and projected future trends -- The social dimensions of obesity -- The size and risks of the international epidemic of child obesity / Tim Lobstein -- How does obesity spread? -- Are health behaviors driven by information? / Donald Kenkel -- Tackling obesity : the roles of governments and markets -- Community interventions for the prevention of obesity / Francesco Branca -- The impact of interventions -- Regulation of food advertising to children : the UK experience / Jonathan Porter -- The case for self-regulation in food advertising / Stephan Loerke -- Information, incentives and choice : a viable approach to preventing obesity.
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Introduction : obesity and the economics of prevention -- Promoting health and fighting chronic diseases : what impact on the economy? / Marc Suhrcke -- Obesity : past and projected future trends -- The social dimensions of obesity -- The size and risks of the international epidemic of child obesity / Tim Lobstein -- How does obesity spread? -- Are health behaviors driven by information? / Donald Kenkel -- Tackling obesity : the roles of governments and markets -- Community interventions for the prevention of obesity / Francesco Branca -- The impact of interventions -- Regulation of food advertising to children : the UK experience / Jonathan Porter -- The case for self-regulation in food advertising / Stephan Loerke -- Information, incentives and choice : a viable approach to preventing obesity.

"Also published by OECD Publishing"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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