Background: The trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated very convincingly because of the absence …. Methods: We use five regression models to estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and …

. We study in an experiment with 336 kindergarten children, aged three to six years, whether intertemporal choice behavior … is malleable. In a control condition, about 50% of children prefer two rewards the next day over one reward immediately … successfully in promoting delay of gratification. We also find that patience increases with age and that more patient children have …

respondents have approximately .2 to .4 more actual and expected number of children if they are self-employed as compared to if …

children and infants. A rationale for expansion of smoke-free laws implicitly presumes that potential public health gains from … reducing adult cigarette consumption and declines in adult ETS exposure extend to children. However, if smokers compensate by … these policies may have a harmful effect on children and infants. This study provides estimates of how comprehensive smoking …