In this paper empirical evidence is presented on the determinants of obesity in youth in the U.S., with particular … emphasis on isolating the effects of diet and parent's fatness on the obesity outcome. The results show that parents fatness … has statistically important impacts on skinfold growth among children and adolescents. Diets between obese and non …

In this paper, we investigate the impact of attending school on body weight and obesity. We use school starting age … cutoff dates to compare weight outcomes for similar age children with different years of school exposure. As is the case with … disappear, and most point estimates become negative and insignificant. However, for children not eating the school lunch, there …

. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study … the impact of subsidy receipt on low-income children's weight outcomes in the fall and spring of kindergarten. The goals … as well as measures of overweight and obesity. We then turn to quantile regression to address the possibility that …

factors -- like neighborhood quality and the built environment -- may have on the nation's obesity crisis. This paper explores … whether maternal perceptions of neighborhood quality affect children's bodyweight outcomes, and whether racial and ethnic … differences in such perceptions may explain any of the hitherto unexplained gap in bodyweight and obesity prevalence among Whites …

This paper investigates the association between obesity and skill attainment in early childhood (aged 2-4 years). Data … (including body mass index and obesity) controlling for a rich set of child, parent, and family characteristics. The findings … indicate that, among boys, obesity is associated with reduced verbal skills, social skills, motor skills, and activities of …

Recent research has found that maternal employment is associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity. This … their children, and playing with their children, and are more likely to purchase prepared foods. We find suggestive evidence … the association of maternal employment with childhood obesity …

Obesity has been one of the fastest growing health concerns among children, particularly among disadvantaged children …. For children overall, obesity rates have tripled from 5% in the early 1970s to about 15% by the early 2000s. For … disadvantaged children, obesity rates are closer to 20%. In this paper, we first examine the impact of various measures of …

the probability of such children attending university at the age of 18; however, when both parents are college or senior … buffer the LBW shock among moderately-LBW children (as compared to very-LBW children) and full term-LBW children (as compared … to preterm-LBW children) …

Several recent surveys have asked Americans whether they support policies to reduce childhood obesity. There is reason … estimate the willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesity. <br><br>The willingness to pay data correlate in predictable ways … with respondent characteristics. The mean WTP for a 50% reduction in childhood obesity is $46.41 (95% CI: $33.45, $59 …