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Statures, BMIs, and weight : a reassessment
Carson, Scott A. - 2013
Much has been written about the modern obesity epidemic, and historical BMIs are low compared to their modern counterparts. However, interpreting BMI variation is difficult because BMIs increase when weight increases or when stature decreases, and the two have different implications for human...
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Food environment and childhood obesity : the effect of dollar stores
Drichoutis, Andreas C.; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Rouse, Heather L. - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 37, pp. 1-13
In this paper we examine the effect of dollar stores on children's Body Mass Index (BMI). We use a dataset compiled by … the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement that reflects a BMI screening program for public school children in the state …
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China health and nutrition survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014
employment and obesity in children aged 3-17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … between maternal employment and our measures for children's diet and physical activity. Our study also suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257592
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China health and nutrition survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014
employment and obesity in children aged 3 - 17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … between maternal employment and our measures for children's diet and physical activity. Our study also suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260064
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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China : Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Nie, Peng - 2014
employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … between maternal employment and our measures for children's diet and physical activity. Our study also suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057035
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Growing Fat on Reform : Obesity and Nutritional Disparities among China's Children, 1979-2005
Morgan, Stephen L. - 2014
obese, yet a third of Chinese children remain underweight. Drawing on six national surveys of children’s health conducted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147862
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Does using planning policy to restrict fast food outlets reduce inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity?
Xiang, Huasheng; Albani, Viviana; Goffe, Louis; Akhter, … - 2022
Half of local governments in England use planning policy to promote a healthier environment. In 2015, Gateshead Council in the North-East of England was the first local authority to ban planning permission for any new fast-food outlet. We explore if this policy is associated with changes in...
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Swallow this : childhood and adolescent exposure to fast food restaurants, BMI, and cognitive ability
Abrahamsson, Sara; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2023
Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276697
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Swallow this : childhood and adolescent exposure to fast food restaurants, BMI, and cognitive ability
Abrahamsson, Sara; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2023
Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014265952
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The effect of health insurance on child nutritional outcomes : evidence from a regression discontinuity design in Peru
Bernal, Noelia; Costa-Font, Joan; Ritter, Patricia - 2022
, it still is unclear whether these insurance expansions improve children's health, This paper exploits quasi … children's health, We find that access to insurance reduces childhood obesity and exerts positive and economically significant … children's regular growth check-ups and deworming treatments, consistent with an increased awareness of children's weight and …
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