statistically significantly related to a higher body mass index (BMI) percentile ranking among children with greater effects among … low-income children: fruit and vegetable price elasticity for BMI is estimated to be 0.25 for the full sample and 0 ….60 among low-income children. Fast food prices are statistically significantly related to child weight only in cross …

We utilize clinical records of successive visits by children to pediatric clinics in Indianapolis to estimate the … effects on their body mass of environmental changes near their homes. We compare results for fixed-residence children with … reversed in the FE estimates. The recreational amenities that appear to lower children's BMI were fitness areas, kickball …

children and the weight gain of over 3 million pregnant women. We find that among 9th grade children, a fast food restaurant … school children and mothers, the presence of non-fast food restaurants is uncorrelated with weight outcomes. Moreover …

There is insufficient research on the direct effects of food advertising on children's diet and diet-related health … restaurants and soft drinks to children across the top 55 designated-market areas to estimate the relation between exposure to … food advertising on television and children's food consumption and body weight. Our results suggest that soft drink and …

correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that it cannot be due solely to …

has statistically important impacts on skinfold growth among children and adolescents. Diets between obese and non …

whether maternal perceptions of neighborhood quality affect children's bodyweight outcomes, and whether racial and ethnic … quality is not significantly related to children's bodyweight. However, one particular characteristic, namely whether or not … robust and significant effects on the BMI-percentile of the children, though it has less robust effects on the risk of …