The Effects of Farm and Food Policy on Obesity in the United States

• Main Authors: Alston, Julian M. (Author), Okrent, Abigail M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Economic Policy.; Health Economics.

This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future roles...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Obesity in America
• 3. Consequences of Obesity
• 4. Causes of Obesity: Individual Physiology and Consumption Choices
• 5. Causes of Obesity: External Influences
• 6. Roles for Government: In Principle
• 7. U.S. Farm Subsidies and Obesity
• 8. Agriculture R&D, Technology, and Obesity
• 9. Fat Taxes and Thin Subsidies as Obesity Policy
• 10. Other Food Polices as Obesity Policy
• 11. Summary and Synthesis.