Organizers:

Zhuo Chen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Session Chairs:

Feijun Luo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Papers:

"Spatial Analysis of Body Mass Index and Smoking Behavior"
Seong-Hoon Cho, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
Seung Gyu Kim, The University of Tennessee

"Moving to Slim Down: Identifying the Causes of Obesity Using a Random Experiment"
Zhenxiang Zhao, University of Illinois at Chicago (Contact Author)
Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago
Xin Xu, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Using Data from Multiple Sources to Conduct Social Determinants of Health Research – The Role of Geographic Units"
Zhuo Chen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contact Author)
Carol A. Gotway Crawford, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Discussants:

Feijun Luo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zhuo Chen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Seong-Hoon Cho, The University of Tennessee

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Ruhm, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Session Chairs:

Christopher J. Ruhm, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Papers:

"Obesity Prevention: The Impact of Local Health Departments"
Zhuo Chen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contact Author)
Kakoli Roy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Carol A. Gotway Crawford, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

"Wages, BMI and Health"
Christian Gregory, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Contact Author)

"Incentives, Impatience, and Obesity"
Charles Courtemanche, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)
Patrick McAlvanah, Federal Trade Commission

"Understanding Overeating and Obesity"
Christopher J. Ruhm, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Erdal Tekin, Georgia State University
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Qi Zhang, Old Dominion University
Charles Courtemanche, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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