Mazzocchi, M.; Traill, W.B.; Shogren, J.F. Fat economics: Nutrition, Health, and Economic Policy, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009, 181 p. [Compte-rendu d'ouvrage]

The prevalence of Food-Related Chronic Disease (FCRD), such as Type II diabetes, obesity, cancer and ischemic heart diseases is increasing dramatically in many developed and developing countries. As these health problems are associated to monetary costs, which take inter alia the form of productivity losses and health care expenditures, they are a legitimate concern for economists. Beyond the basic monetization of costs and benefits of medical interventions, the economic analysis can also shed light on the social and economic causes of FRCD, and inform public health experts on the effects of policies on consumers and producers behaviours. In this perspective, Fat Economics proposes a good introduction to the neo-classical approach to the FRCD, their economic causes, and eventually the cost and the effectiveness of nutrition policy instrument