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Childhood obesity and maternal education in Ireland

Madden, David - 2016

This paper analyses the socioeconomic gradient of chilidhood obesity in Ireland using the Growing Up in Ireland data with three innovations compared to previous work in the area. A different measure of socioeconomic status, maternal education, is employed. In addition, the depth and severity of...

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Child and adolescent obesity in Ireland : a longitudinal perspective

Madden, David - 2016

This paper examines developments in childhood and adolescent obesity in Ireland using two waves of the Growing Up in Ireland survey. Obesity appears to level off between the two waves though there is tentative evidence that the socioeconomic gradient, measured with respect to maternal education...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515575

Changes in BMI in a cohort of Irish children : some decompositions and counterfactuals

Madden, David - 2018

This paper examines the change in body mass index for a cohort of Irish children as they aged from 9 to 13 and …

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BMI mobility and obesity transitions among children in Ireland

Madden, David - 2019

This paper examines mobility and changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) for a sample of Irish children across three waves of … mobility appears to be relatively limited although it is greater than for the mothers of the children over the same time period …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115993

The trajectory of obesity in a cohort of Irish children and their mothers : an application of sequence analysis

Madden, David - 2024

Sequence and cluster analysis is applied to measures of body mass index for mothers and children for four waves of the … cluster analysis is then applied. Distinct clusterings are found for both mothers and children and multinomial logit models … children. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014492097

A profile of obesity in Ireland, 2002 - 2007

Madden, David - 2010

Using the nationally representative Slan dataset we take a number of approaches to profile the change in obesity in Ireland over the 2002-2007 period. There is no evidence of either first or second order stochastic dominance between the two years. There is evidence that obesity and overweight...

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Self-reported and measured BMI in Ireland : should we adjust the obesity thresholds?

Madden, David - 2013

Using the nationally representative Slan dataset of 2007 we analyse the relationship between self-reported and measured BMI. We find that selfreported BMI significantly underestimates obesity rates and suggest that the traditional threshold of 30 should be adjusted downwards. We outline a number...

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Body Mass Index and the measurement of obesity

Madden, David (contributor) - 2006

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Mind the gap : revisiting the concentration index for overweight

Madden, David - 2017

Much analysis of the socioeconomic gradient of overweight/obesity has involved the calculation of concentration indices for the incidence of these conditions. However this analysis ignores the severity of the conditions, in particular whether there is a gradient to how far are people above the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011736939

Maternal employment, childcare and childhood overweight during infancy

McDonnell, Thérèse; Doyle, Orla - 2014

pre-school children. Using data from the Infant Cohort of the Growing-Up in Ireland Survey, propensity score matching … months old increase the likelihood of being overweight at 3 years old, but only for children of mothers with higher levels of … education. Informal childcare at 9 months also has harmful effects on child weight, but again only for children of more educated …

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