Add to ORKGThis Article maintains that obesity in the United States is an enormous public health issue that causes the health care costs of the obese Americans greatly to exceed those of citizens of normal weight. Recognizing that that much of that cost will be born by publicly financed programs and that the taxes supporting those programs will constitute an externality that the fat impose on the thin, the Article proposes a tax on high calorie food-but only when that food is purchased by the obese. The Article addresses many of the administrative, moral and other objections to a tax aimed at a segment of our society identified by its excessive weight
Rising obesity rates in the United States are both a growing public health concern and an increasing...
The United States and much of the developed world has an obesity epidemic on its hands. This excessi...
The United States and much of the developed world has an obesity epidemic on its hands. This excessi...
This Article maintains that obesity in the United States is an enormous public health issue that cau...
This Article begins with a brief summary of the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. It then explore...
The obesity pandemic is not unique to the United States, where obesity has been a major health conce...
Obesity is a rising problem in America and is blamed for externalities such as increasing health car...
Obesity is a rising problem in America and is blamed for externalities such as increasing health car...
Obesity is a rising problem in America and is blamed for externalities such as increasing health car...
This Article examines—and ultimately rejects—this anti-paternalism argument against government anti-...
The obesity pandemic is not unique to the United States, where obesity has been a major health conce...
Public health agencies face considerable challenges trying to prevent overweight and obesity in soci...
This Article proposes a three-part approach to improve the food supply. Specifically, it explores go...
This article begins with a brief summary of the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. It then explore...
The power to tax and spend is considered a primary government power, and the use thereof is associat...
Rising obesity rates in the United States are both a growing public health concern and an increasing...
The United States and much of the developed world has an obesity epidemic on its hands. This excessi...
The United States and much of the developed world has an obesity epidemic on its hands. This excessi...
This Article maintains that obesity in the United States is an enormous public health issue that cau...
This Article begins with a brief summary of the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. It then explore...
The obesity pandemic is not unique to the United States, where obesity has been a major health conce...
Obesity is a rising problem in America and is blamed for externalities such as increasing health car...
Obesity is a rising problem in America and is blamed for externalities such as increasing health car...
Obesity is a rising problem in America and is blamed for externalities such as increasing health car...
This Article examines—and ultimately rejects—this anti-paternalism argument against government anti-...
The obesity pandemic is not unique to the United States, where obesity has been a major health conce...
Public health agencies face considerable challenges trying to prevent overweight and obesity in soci...
This Article proposes a three-part approach to improve the food supply. Specifically, it explores go...
This article begins with a brief summary of the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. It then explore...
The power to tax and spend is considered a primary government power, and the use thereof is associat...
Rising obesity rates in the United States are both a growing public health concern and an increasing...
The United States and much of the developed world has an obesity epidemic on its hands. This excessi...
The United States and much of the developed world has an obesity epidemic on its hands. This excessi...