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313.687.81 Obesity Economics


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Course

Instructor

Kevin Frick

Originally Offered

Spring 2011

Offered By

Department of Health Policy and Management



Description

This course introduces students to the economic approach to evaluating obesity. It focuses on attributable health care expenditures, quality adjusted life years, productivity changes, consumer sovereignty, and the incentives and regulations that can be used to change individual adult, parent, and child behavior.

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