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    The economics of obesity: dietary energy density and energy cost.
    (2005) Drewnowski, Adam; Darmon, Nicole
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    Food choices and diet costs: an economic analysis.
    (2005) Drewnowski, Adam; Darmon, Nicole
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    Further Evidence on the Economic Effects of Poor Health
    (1985) Chirikos, Thomas N; Nestel, Gilbert
    This paper examines variations in current economic welfare attributable to different profiles or histories of health status over the preceding ten year period. A two-equation model, estimated with National Longitudinal Survey data for four sex-race groups, provides convincing evidence that health problems incurred in the past adversely affect current earnings. This legacy is difficult to overcome; it remains even for individuals in improving health willing to devote relatively greater effort to market work. A history of poor health is also shown to exact substantially different economic tolls from men and women as well as from whites and blacks.