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Parents’ willingness to pay for the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity

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  • Dorothea Kesztyüs
  • Romy Lauer
  • Anja Schreiber
  • Tibor Kesztyüs
  • Reinhold Kilian
  • Jürgen Steinacker

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Nearly half of the parents were willing to invest in prevention of obesity. The general WTP significantly occurs more often and with higher amount in affected parents. Copyright Keszty?s et al.; licensee Springer 2014

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  • Dorothea Kesztyüs & Romy Lauer & Anja Schreiber & Tibor Kesztyüs & Reinhold Kilian & Jürgen Steinacker, 2014. "Parents’ willingness to pay for the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 4(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:hecrev:v:4:y:2014:i:1:p:1-8:10.1186/s13561-014-0020-8
    DOI: 10.1186/s13561-014-0020-8
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