infant health. Using cross-sectional market averages for 1980 and 1981 in Japan, we find that the nutrient intake of the …

provision of adequate diets for young children in the United States. An examination of the Health and Nutrition Examination …The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which family income and education are obstacles to the … Survey reveals the following: 1. Average nutrient intakes of young children are well above recommended dietary standards …

infant health,' few health economics studies based in developed countries have considered breastfeeding as an important … health behavior that can be influenced by labor market decisions and by public policies. This study examines the effect of …

that promote child health. This study uses the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey - Birth Cohort to explore the causal … effect of breastfeeding on development across the early years of childhood. We examine a range of health, physical, and … health at 9 months. Furthermore, they are protective against obesity and improve cognitive outcomes at 24 months and 54 …

breakfast to all children to be eaten in the classroom during the first few minutes of the school day. We find both policies …. We find little evidence of overall improvements in child 24-hour nutritional intake, health, behavior or achievement …, with some evidence of health and behavior improvements among specific subpopulations …

breastfeeding on child disability using data from the National Survey of Family Growth merged to the National Health Interview … Survey for a large nationally representative sample of children aged 1 to 18 years from the U.S. including over 3 … intensive margin among breastfed children, as any breastfeeding has no effect on the extensive margin. We conclude that very …

husbands and, thereby, boost investments in children's health. We find that the program increases spousal discussion about the … family's health, nutrition, and finances. However, this does not increase overall adoption of health-promoting behaviors or …Building on prior evidence that mothers often have a stronger preference for spending on children than fathers do, we …

adulthood in worse health and with less education than wealthier children, these results indicate that a key determinant of …, educations and social status, that children who experience poor health have significantly lower educational attainment, and … effects on educational attainment and initial adult health. Taken together with earlier findings that poorer children enter …

Program (CACFP): (1) Does CACFP reach targeted low-income children? (2) How do eligible families and child care providers who … and children's food intake, weight, and food security? We use the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort to … examine these questions for a representative sample of young children and their providers. We find that program eligibility …

Because breastfeeding protects against water- and food-borne disease, our model also makes predictions regarding health …