The relationship between physical activity and child health and development is well-documented, yet the extant … literature provides limited causal insight into the amount of physical activity considered optimal for improving any given health … comprehensive set of health, non-cognitive development, and academic outcomes of children and adolescents. Applying an individual …

The incidence of young Latino children obesity is a public health concern. Among 5-year-olds, 16% of Latinos are obese …

company personnel piece-rate payment records, and find a positive correlation. Second, we estimate the impact of a health …

investigates the effect of a health intervention on physical activity, using a temporally randomized offer of malaria testing and …

Transport has significant externalities including carbon emissions and air pollution. Public health research has … identified additional social gains from active travel, due to health benefits of physical exercise. Per mile, these benefits …

Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders … sports club membership, physical activity, overweightness, or motor skills. …

negative effect. Our results suggest that the commonly found positive effects of exercising or participating in sports on … increase physical activity in everyday life need to weigh the health and well-being benefits against the probability of …

investigates the effect of a health intervention on physical activity, using a temporally randomized offer of malaria testing and …