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April 1, 2011 | Book
This policy paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines factors contributing to obesity, such as physical inactivity. Data are taken from surveys conducted as part of the 2000-2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey.
April 1, 2011 | Book
The authors used measures of educational achievement such as highest grade attended, highest grade completed, and drop out status among adolescents to ascertain whether weight affected educational achievements. Analyses did not detect any strong associations between weight and educational achievement among youth surveyed in the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
April 1, 2011 | Book
This study supports findings from earlier studies showing that the Food Stamp Program does not have any statistically significant effect on food consumption. This study examined consumption patterns in families headed by single mothers with a high school education or less.
April 1, 2011 | Book
The authors examine relationships between body mass index (BMI) and wages.
April 1, 2011 | Book
A popular policy option for addressing the growth in weight has been the imposition of a “fat tax” on selected foods that are deemed to promote obesity. This study tested the short- and long-run body weight consequences of changing food prices.
April 1, 2011 | Book
This study tested the hypothesis that body weight is influenced by insurance coverage.
March 15, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2008 the Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, an independent, non-partisan body of health policy and economics experts at Brandeis University, held three annual conferences on health care issues.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A drinking age of 18 is associated with slightly higher rates of low birth weight and premature babies, with babies born to black women affected more. Stricter drinking policies also may have unintended positive consequences a range of effects of lowering the drinking age should be considered before any policy changes are made.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study examining the influence of imagery associating type 2 diabetes with different causalities and racial groups on research spending preferences and stereotypes about diabetes found that subtle changes in media messages can change public opinion about federal funding for treatment and prevention.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
State actions requiring adolescent girls to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine created controversy following the vaccine’s approval in 2006.