Venue: The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1 Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708-0120

 

Session

Cost of Obesity

Chair: Jeff DeSimone (University of Texas at Arlington)
Organizer: Jeff DeSimone (University of Texas at Arlington)

Room: Seminar B

When: Monday 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Presentations
TitlePresenterDiscussant
Issues in Measuring the Contribution of Obesity to Rising Health Spending Colin S. Baker (Congressional Budget Office)
Inas Rashad (Georgia State University)
Modelling the impact of obesity on hospital costs Bruce Hollingsworth (Monash University)
Melayne M. McInnes (University of South Carolina)
Bodyweight and Academic Performance in High School Christopher Ruhm (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Jeff DeSimone (University of Texas at Arlington)