Obesity policy around the world

Here is an interesting session on obesity policy around the world in Boston this coming Friday, Jan. 6, at the main annual meetings for researchers in economics and related disciplines (see Allied Social Sciences Association).

The Diet Transition and Obesity in Developing and Developed Countries: Determinants and Policy Options

Presiding: CORINNA HAWKES, International Food Policy Research Institute

XIAOBO ZHANG, International Food Policy Research Institute--Assessing the Link between Early Exposure to Famine and the Development of Adult Obesity in China

ABAY ASFAW, International Food Policy Research Institute--The Role of Food Price Policy in Determining the Incidence of Obesity --Evidence from Egypt

STEPHEN A. VOSTI, University of California-Davis--Effects of National Agricultural Research and Farm Subsidy Policies on Human Nutrition and Obesity in the United States

The session is organized by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and sponsored by the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA). I will be the discussant for these papers on Friday.

[Note 1/4/2006: Slight correction to the list of speakers.]