Monday 3:00 - 4:45 p.m. SEA |
Session 21M The Economics of Food, Obesity, and Family Assistance |
Session Chairs: |
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University |
Papers: |
"Food Stamps and Obesity in the U.S.: Panel Data Analysis of Long-term Effects Among Adults, 1999-2007" "The Influence of Body Weight on Social Network Ties Among Adolescents" "Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths" "Richard Nixon, Milton Friedman, and the Family Assistance Plan" |
Discussants: |
Frederick J. Oerther, III, Greensboro College |