THE SUPER SIZE OF AMERICA: AN ECONOMIC ESTIMATION OF BODY MASS INDEX AND OBESITY IN ADULTS From: Eastern Economic Journal | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Rashad, Inas; Grossman, Michael; Chou, Shin-Yi | Copyright Eastern Economic Association Winter 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The drudgery of seeking subsistence has been supplanted for millions of people, not by abundance and indulgence, but rather by a new concept of what are necessities and needs. - George Katona, The Mass Consumption Society [1964, 6]

INTRODUCTION

The New York Times recently featured in its book review section a book by Greg Critser entitled How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World, further shedding light on the obesity epidemic that has been prominently featured in the...

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