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The effect of early universal daycare on child weight problems : conference paper
Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - 2014 - Preliminary version
As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child’s long term development. Based on the German national...
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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 4, pp. 743-755
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations … of obesity among 5th graders. This effect is concentrated among boys; we find evidence that this gender difference is …. This represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support …
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For better or worse? : the effects of physical education on child development
Knaus, Michael C.; Lechner, Michael; Reimers, Anne - 2018
This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, motor skills, physical activity, and health. It is based on a very informative data set, the German Motorik-Modul, and identifies the effect by using variation in the required...
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For better or worse? : the effects of physical education on child development
Knaus, Michael C.; Lechner, Michael; Reimers, Anne - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 67 (2020)
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For better or worse? : the effects of physical education on child development
Knaus, Michael C.; Lechner, Michael; Reimers, Anne - 2018
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Regulating employees' health behaviors : the effects of personal health-related orientations on legitimacy perceptions of organizational programs and policies
Klautke, Hannah; Park, Hee Sun - In: The international journal of business science & applied … 6 (2011) 1, pp. 1-15
ratings that accompanied increased control over employee fitness and health risk appraisal. On the other hand , individuals …
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Health wearables, gamification, and healthful activity
Hydari, Muhammad Zia; Adjerid, Idris; Striegel, Aaron D. - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 69 (2023) 7, pp. 3920-3938
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A parsimonious, stacked latent-class methodology for predicting behavioral heterogeneity in terms of life-constraint heterogeneity
Morey, Edward; Thiene, Mara - In: Ecological Economics 74 (2012) C, pp. 130-144
be explained, and predicted, by variation in life constraints such as kids, BMI (body-mass index) fitness, skill, and …
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“Your body is your business card”: Bodily capital and health authority in the fitness industry
Hutson, David J. - In: Social Science & Medicine 90 (2013) C, pp. 63-71
appearance in the U.S. fitness industry. Drawing on data from interviews with 26 personal trainers and 25 clients between 2010 …
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The Linkage Between Fitness, Nutrition and Mind for our Well-being, Abundance and Health
Feldman, Anat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the linkage between Fitness, Nutrition and Mind for our Well-being, Abundance … consideration "all area of life" and the strong rapport between three components that determent our health: fitness- "work … fitness-nutrition-mind studies formed the grounds of this work, along with studies of the subconscious mind such as NLP, EFT …
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