Resumen de Is the Obesity Epidemic a Public Health Problem?: A Review of Zoltan J. Acs and Alan Lyles's Obesity, Business and Public Policy

Tomas J. Philipson, Richard A. Posner

• We review the recent but growing economic literature on the worldwide growth of obesity, relating the review to a recent anthology of articles—Obesity, Business and Public Policy. We discuss the competing explanations for the growth of obesity as well as the role of governments in attempting to limit it.