The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity and Weight Gain

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Currie, Janet; DellaVigna, Stefano; Moretti, Enrico; Pathania, Vikram
• 署名单位: Columbia University; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Cornerstone Research
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.2.3.32
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 32-63
• 关键词: overweight; pregnancy; schools

摘要

We investigate how changes in the supply of fast food restaurants affect weight outcomes of 3 million children and 3 million pregnant women Among ninth graders, a fast food restaurant within 0 I miles of a school results in a 5 2 percent increase in obesity rates Among pregnant women, a fast-food restaurant within 0 5 miles of residence results in a I 6 percent increase in the probability of gaining over 20 kilos The implied effects on caloric intake are one order of magnitude larger for children than for mothers, consistent with smaller travel cost for adults Non-fast food restaurants and future fast-food restaurants are uncorrelated with weight outcomes (JEL I12, J13, J16, L83)