externalities inflicted by parents when they decide on their children's diet. Within an OLG model with an imperfectly altruistic …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … health outcomes and the intergenerational transmission of obesity. …

Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to study this relationship for child weight status. The NLSCY contains … substantial changes, such as the move to a 24-hour economy. Researchers have found that children were more likely to have …

three generations (grandparents-parents-children) to explore the effects of parental education and different parental …. We employ rich intergenerational data drawn from the US National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and a … levels and smoking behaviours across generations. Higher parental education reduces the likelihood of children's low birth …

Objective: To determine parental willingness-to-pay (WTP) for childhood obesity prevention. Methods: Cross … included anthropometric measurements of children and self-administered questionnaires for parents, including WTP assessment … general WTP and amount of WTP. Results: From 1 534 parents, 97.8% considered overweight/obesity to be serious public health …

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 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 …