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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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-effects models, this study examined the connection between maternal work hours and child overweight or obesity. Following children in … developmentally dynamic relationship. Among preschool children (ages 2 to 5), we found lower likelihood of child overweight and … obesity when mothers worked 24 h or less per week, compared to when mothers worked 35 or more hours. This effect was stronger …
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This study explores whether hospitals with higher increases in obesity levels have higher CS rates and the … consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of … specialization. And it creates a measure of hospital-level obesity, based on the fraction of obesity-related discharges for women of …
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) studies, we find that the significantly positive impact of family status on children's health outcomes disappears if we …
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A widespread finding among studies from the US and the UK is that maternal employment is correlated with an increased risk of child overweight, even in a causal manner, whereas studies from European countries obtain less conclusive results. As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of...
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) studies, we find that the significantly positive impact of family status on children s health outcomes disappears if we …
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