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Expanding exposure : can increasing the daily duration of head start reduce childhood obesity?
Frisvold, David E.; Lumeng, Julie C. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 46 (2011) 2, pp. 373-402
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Timing is everything : the impact of school lunch length on children's body weight
Bhatt, Rachana - In: Southern economic journal 80 (2014) 3, pp. 656-676
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The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children
Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021 - Thus version: June 25,2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012600162
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The long-run effects of sports club vouchers for primary school children
Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021
Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in the state. The policy's objective was to encourage them to develop a long-term habit of exercising. In 2018, we carried out a large register-based survey among several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494192
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Primary School Children in Tanzania : Experiences from Kinondoni and Njombe Districts
Kafyulilo, Ayoub C.; Mafumiko, Fidelis M. S. - 2010
school children in Kinondoni and Njombe districts. The study sought to investigate those aspects in terms of prevalence …, causes and impacts on social, health as well as children learning behaviours and outcomes. Systematic random sampling was … used. Findings revealed an average of 13.5% children, were overweight and obese. Economy status, household occupations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014193913
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Wholesome lunch to the whole classroom : Short- and longer-term effects on early teenagers' weight
Maruyama, Shiko; Nakamura, Sayaka - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013447750
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The long-run effects of sports club vouchers for primary school children
Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021
Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in the state. The policy's objective was to encourage them to develop a long-term habit of exercising. In 2018, we carried out a large register-based survey among several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012520503
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Empirical essays on different aspects of labor economics
Sonderhof, Katja Alena - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966432
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School nutrition programs and the incidence of childhood obesity
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty; Husain, Muna - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 45 (2010) 3, pp. 640-654
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729487
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Fat spouses and hours of work: are body and Pareto weights correlated?
Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...
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