We use longitudinal data on 11,000 UK-born children to examine the relationship between parental weight and income and … children’s overweight across childhood. We find that children are three times as likely to be overweight or obese at 14 if they … have an obese parent. Irrespective of their parents’ weight, children in the poorest 20% of families are twice as likely to …

distribution as the economy has grown. Is BMI growth different at different tails of the income distribution? Health and … transitional processes, particularly economic transitions on nutritional and health outcomes. We test the hypothesis that the …

Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist …