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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...

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