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THE ECONOMICS OF OBESITY ADVANCES IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH Series Editor: Michael Grossman and Bjo¨ rn Lindgren Recent Volumes: Volume 15: Health Policy Research in the States – Edited by J.C. Cantor Volume 16: Substance Use: Individual Behavior, Social Interaction, Markets and Politics – Edited by M. Grossman and B. Lindgren ADVANCES IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH VOLUME 17 THE ECONOMICS OF OBESITY EDITED BY KRISTIAN BOLIN Lund University, Sweden JOHN CAWLEY Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Amsterdam – Boston – Heidelberg – London – New York – Oxford Paris – San Diego – San Francisco – Singapore – Sydney – Tokyo JAIPressisanimprintofElsevier JAIPressisanimprintofElsevier TheBoulevard,LangfordLane,Kidlington,OxfordOX51GB,UK Radarweg29,POBox211,1000AEAmsterdam,TheNetherlands 525BStreet,Suite1900,SanDiego,CA92101-4495,USA Firstedition2007 Copyrightr2007ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeanselectronic,mechanical,photocopying, recordingorotherwisewithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher PermissionsmaybesoughtdirectlyfromElsevier’sScience&TechnologyRights DepartmentinOxford,UK:phone(+44)(0)1865843830;fax(+44)(0)1865853333; email:permissions@elsevier.com.Alternativelyyoucansubmityourrequestonlineby visitingtheElsevierwebsiteathttp://elsevier.com/locate/permissions,andselecting ObtainingpermissiontouseElseviermaterial Notice Noresponsibilityisassumedbythepublisherforanyinjuryand/ordamagetopersons orpropertyasamatterofproductsliability,negligenceorotherwise,orfromanyuse oroperationofanymethods,products,instructionsorideascontainedinthematerial herein.Becauseofrapidadvancesinthemedicalsciences,inparticular,independent verificationofdiagnosesanddrugdosagesshouldbemade BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN-13: 978-0-7623-1406-5 ISBN-10: 0-7623-1406-0 ISSN: 0731-2199(Series) ForinformationonallJAIPresspublications visitourwebsiteatbooks.elsevier.com PrintedandboundinTheNetherlands 07 08 09 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix PREFACE xiii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xv INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMICS OF OBESITY xvii PART I: PREDICTING OBESITY AND RELATED BEHAVIOURS ENDOGENOUSFOODQUALITYANDBODYWEIGHT TREND Liqun Liu, Andrew J. Rettenmaier, and Thomas 3 R. Saving ACCESS TO FAST FOOD AND FOOD PRICES: RELATIONSHIP WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION AND OVERWEIGHT AMONG ADOLESCENTS Lisa M. Powell, M. Christopher Auld, Frank J. 23 Chaloupka, Patrick M. O’Malley, and Lloyd D. Johnston A BEHAVIORAL MODEL OF CYCLICAL DIETING Steven M. Suranovic and Robert S. Goldfarb 49 EFFECTS OF TITLE IX AND SPORTS PARTICIPATION ON GIRLS’ PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WEIGHT Robert Kaestner and Xin Xu 79 v vi CONTENTS OBESITY ANDDIABETES: THEROLES THATPRICES AND POLICIES PLAY Inas Rashad 113 PART II: TREATMENTS FOR OBESITY ADVANCES IN BARIATRIC SURGERY FOR OBESITY: LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY William E. Encinosa, Didem M. Bernard, and Claudia 131 A. Steiner ONE PILL MAKES YOU SMALLER: THE DEMAND FOR ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS John Cawley and John A. Rizzo 149 PART III: LABOR MARKET IMPACTS OF OBESITY OBESITY, EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN EUROPE Jaume Garcia and Climent Quintana-Domeque 187 OBESITY AND OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENT AMONG THE 50+ OF EUROPE. Petter Lundborg, Kristian Bolin, So¨ren Ho¨jga˚rd, and 219 Bjo¨rn Lindgren GENDER, BODY MASS, AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE PSID Dalton Conley and Rebecca Glauber 253 PART IV: OTHER COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE OBESITY EXTERNALITY Jay Bhattacharya and Neeraj Sood 279 Contents vii OBESITY, HOSPITAL SERVICES USE AND COSTS Nana Bro Folmann, Kristine Skovgaard Bossen, Ingrid 319 Willaing, Jan Sørensen, John Sahl Andersen, Steen Ladelund, and Torben Jørgensen HOW MUCH DOES OBESITY MATTER? RESULTS FROM THE 2001 CANADIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY William MacMinn, James McIntosh, and Caroline 333 Yung This page intentionally left blank LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS John Sahl Andersen Department of General Practice, Institute of Public Health University of Copenhagen, København K, Denmark M. Christopher Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Auld Calgary, Alberta, Canada Didem M. Bernard Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA Jay Bhattacharya CHP/PCOR,StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA,USA Kristian Bolin LUCHE (Lund University Centre for Health Economics), Lund, Sweden Kristine Skovgaard Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Bossen Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark John Cawley Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Frank J. Chaloupka Department of Economics and Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Dalton Conley Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY, USA William E. Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Encinosa Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA Nana Bro Folmann Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark Jaume Garcia Departament d0Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain ix

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