The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years …. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they … intergenerational link and transmission of both maternal and paternal health on children's health in Germany. We investigate this issue …

The relationship between environment and children’s health has been the subject of increasing interest these last ten … States nearly 1 in 13 school-age children (approximately 4.8 million) has asthma, and the rate is increasing more rapidly in … school-age children than in any other group. The importance of this issue has resulted in a growing number of epidemiological …