Junk food gets healthier when it's warm

Junk food thoughts.

When life gets physical

The subatomic world is nothing like the world that biologists study. Physicists have struggled for almost a century to understand the wave– particle duality of matter and energy, but many questions remain unanswered. That biological systems ultimately obey the rules of quantum mechanics might be self-evident, but the idea that those rules are the very basis of certain biological functions has n...

When HDL gets fat...

Because low levels of plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are a major independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease,1 the mechanisms leading to low HDL-C are of substantial biological and clinical importance. Low HDL-C is most commonly seen in persons who have other components of the “metabolic syndrome,” particularly increased waist circumference, elevated ...

The Effects of Banning Junk Food Advertising

We develop a structural model to analyze the effect of banning advertising on market equilibria and welfare in junk food markets. We consider the impact on demand and prices, and we show how to quantify welfare effects when advertising might lead consumers to take decisions that are inconsistent with their underlying preferences. We use transaction level data on the potato chips market and find...

The effects of junk-food on teenagers