TY  - CHAP
AB  - The entrance of economics into the literature on obesity and diabetes has been instrumental in showing how people respond to incentives when maximizing their health. In this paper some of the roles that prices and policies have played in the surging obesity and diabetes rates across the world are addressed. The paper focuses on the possible role that prices of foods with high glycemic indexes play in determining blood sugar levels, and addresses the recent concern with high fructose corn syrup and genetically modified goods across the world. The possible links and implications suggest that future research in the area is urgently needed.
VL  - 17
SN  - 978-1-84950-482-9, 978-0-7623-1406-5/0731-2199
DO  - 10.1016/S0731-2199(06)17005-3
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0731-2199(06)17005-3
AU  - Rashad Inas
ED  - Kristian Bolin
ED  - John Cawley
PY  - 2006
Y1  - 2006/01/01
TI  - Obesity and Diabetes: The Roles that Prices and Policies Play
T2  - The Economics of Obesity
T3  - Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 113
EP  - 128
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -