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Childhood obesity and maternal education in Ireland

Madden, David - 2016

This paper analyses the socioeconomic gradient of chilidhood obesity in Ireland using the Growing Up in Ireland data with three innovations compared to previous work in the area. A different measure of socioeconomic status, maternal education, is employed. In addition, the depth and severity of...

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Worth your weight : experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries

Macchi, Elisa - 2022

I study the economic value of obesity - a seemingly inconsequential but unhealthy status symbol in poor countries. Randomizing decision-makers in Kampala, Uganda to view weight-manipulated portraits, I make four findings. First, obesity is perceived as a reliable signal of wealth rather than...

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Peer effects on obesity in a sample of European children

Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Reisch, Lucia A.; … - 2015

applies several anthropometric and other measures of fatness to approximately 14,000 children aged two to nine participating … in both waves in 16 regions of eight European countries. Peers are defined as same-sex children in the same school and … misperceptions of their own children's weight goes hand in hand with fatter peer groups, supporting the notion that in making such …

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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 …

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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 …

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The relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and preschool obesity

Averett, Susan; Fletcher, Erin K. - 2015

intrauterine environment might have lasting effects on children's outcomes. A large literature establishes that mother's pre …-pregnancy obesity is correlated with obesity in her children. However, previous research is largely based on comparing individuals … both within-family comparisons and an instrumental variable approach on a sample of 4435 children to identify the effect of …

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Prepregnancy obesity and birth outcomes

Averett, Susan; Fletcher, Erin K. - 2015

We investigate the association between prepregnancy obesity and birth outcomes using fixed effect models comparing siblings from the same mother. A total of 7,496 births to 3,990 mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 survey are examined. Outcomes include macrosomia,...

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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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C-sections, obesity, and health-care specialization : evidence from Mexico

Herrera, Catalina; Marquez-Padilla, Fernanda; Prina, Silvia - 2023

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 hospitals' patient pools may affect the quantity and quality of...

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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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