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 …

statistically significantly related to a higher body mass index (BMI) percentile ranking among children with greater effects among … low-income children: fruit and vegetable price elasticity for BMI is estimated to be 0.25 for the full sample and 0 ….60 among low-income children. Fast food prices are statistically significantly related to child weight only in cross …

nutrition programs. Using data on fifth grade public elementary school children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study …-Kindergarten (2003-2004), we find significant increases in weekly rates of consumption amongst fully and partially subsidized children … essential for children's health and development. The effects are larger for fully subsidized children relative to partially …

"In our opinion, the trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated accurately. We use five models to … estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and adolescents ages 2-19 born 1941-2006 on the basis …