New research paper alert! 🚨 I've combined economics with ideas from biochemists and medical doctors to explore what's driving obesity and other metabolic diseases. The main finding? Vegetable seed oils seem to play a big role. 🌱🛢️ (1/25)
tyleransom.github.io/research/obesi… Over a 60-year horizon, the rise in obesity doesn't correlate strongly with increased calories or declining exercise rates. It also doesn't match well with sugar supply. But it does correlate strongly with the supply of vegetable seed oils. 📊 (2/25)

New paper out, w/Mike Ransom: "Do High School Sports Build or Reveal Character?" ftp.iza.org/dp11110.pdf /1 In the paper we examine whether being an athlete in high school causes better educational, labor market, and health outcomes as an adult. /2