Prenatal exposure to smoking and alcohol-use is found to be correlated with various adverse consequences for children … relationship between prenatal substance use and children’s behavior problems using data from the Children of the National … Longitudinal Survey (CNLSY). Specifically, we investigate whether prenatal cigarette use and alcohol-use affect children’s behavior …

Background: The trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated very convincingly because of the absence …. Methods: We use five regression models to estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and …

and the potential gains that can be transversally achieved with the promotion of the roles of women and children. …

, and for free to qualifying low-income children. As a result, making school lunches healthier may potentially impact a … comprehensive and up-to-date information on characteristics of students’ and their parents, the school meal programs, the school …Childhood and adolescence are unique periods of growth and development. In addition to maturing physically, children …

Telecommunication and Information Society Day May 2009. It discusses the issues faced by children while they surf online, including … to the internet for children. …

cohorts, I analyze a possible causal effect of the war on nutritional outcomes of children. I use two empirical strategies …, leading to very similar results. Estimates indicate that children born in areas affected by high levels of violence are 0.8 cm … shorter than children born in low violence provinces. These results are robust to several specifications. Furthermore, the …

respondents have approximately .2 to .4 more actual and expected number of children if they are self-employed as compared to if …

subsidiary questions are thus. 1. Should the cost of educating immigrants’ children (£7.6bn a year) be attributed to immigration …

Using unique panel data, we compare cognitive performance and wagering behavior of children (10-11 years) with adults …

In experimental studies, children exposed to television food ads chose less healthy snacks and consumed more food … overall, as compared with children exposed only to ads for toys. These findings, however, do not indicate that TV viewing … total calories and the quality of food consumed during a day for children 6 to 18 years old. This research is the first to …