Obesity and the economics of prevention
Subtitle: : fit not fat
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9789264063679
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Obesity and the Economics of Prevention. Obesity : The extent of the problem -- Obesity, health and longevity -- The economic costs of obesity -- The implications for social welfare and the role of prevention -- What economic analyses can contribute -- The book's main conclusions -- Overview of the remaining chapters -- Key messages -- Bibliography -- Promoting health and fighting chronic diseases : what impact on the economy?	-- Obesity: past and projected future trends. Obesity in the OECD and beyond -- Measuring obesity -- Historical trends in height, weight and obesity -- Cohort patterns in overweight and obesity -- Projections of obesity rates up to 2020 -- Key messages -- Notes -- Bibliography -- The social dimensions of obesity. Obesity in different social groups -- Obesity in men and women -- Obesity at different ages -- Obesity and socio-economic condition -- Obesity in different racial and ethnic groups -- Does obesity affect employment, wages and productivity? -- Key messages	-- Bibliography -- The size and risks of the international epidemic of child obesity -- How Does Obesity Spread? The determinants of health and disease -- The main driving forces behind the epidemic -- Market failures in lifestyle choices -- The social multiplier effect : Clustering of obesity within households, peer groups and social networks -- Key messages -- Bibliography -- Are Health Behaviors Driven by Information? -- Tackling obesity : the roles of governments and markets. What can governments do to improve the quality of our choices?	-- Government policies on diet and physical activity in the OECD area -- Private sector responses : Are markets adjusting to the new challenges? -- Key messages -- Bibliography	-- Community interventions for the prevention of obesity -- The Impact of Interventions. What interventions really work? -- Cost-effectiveness analysis : A generalised approach -- Effects of the interventions on obesity, health and life expectancy -- The costs and cost-effectiveness of interventions -- Strategies involving multiple interventions -- Distributional impacts of preventive interventions -- From modelling to policy: Key drivers of success -- Key messages -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Regulation of food advertising to children: the UK experience -- The case for self-regulation in food advertising -- Information, incentives and choice : A viable approach to preventing obesity -- Tackling the obesity problem -- Populations or individuals? -- Changing social norms -- A multi-stakeholder approach -- How much individual choice? -- Key messages -- Bibliography.