http://theconstitutionalalamo.com/2009/07/02/government-welfare-encourages-obesity-or-so-it-appears/ Holding out to defend the Republic... Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://theconstitutionalalamo.com/2009/07/02/government-welfare-encourages-obesity-or-so-it-appears/#comment-6881 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:09:14 +0000 http://theconstitutionalalamo.com/?p=605#comment-6881 Thumbs up to this

]]> http://theconstitutionalalamo.com/2009/07/02/government-welfare-encourages-obesity-or-so-it-appears/#comment-333 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:55:02 +0000 http://theconstitutionalalamo.com/?p=605#comment-333 I’m an economist and recently investigated the association between public assistance and welfare and find that while there is some association (causality still not definitive) between food stamps and weight among women, “welfare” is not the primary cause of obesity among low income Americans. If you’re interested in learning the details see my book “Obesity Among Poor Americans: Is Public Assistance the Problem?” (Vanderbilt University Press, 2009)

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