) studies, we find that the significantly positive impact of family status on children s health outcomes disappears if we …

employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for …Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal … between maternal employment and our measures for children's diet and physical activity. Our study also suggests that …

We study the impact on young children's bodyweight of switching from means-tested to universal provision of nutritious … to high quality universal free lunches increases healthy weight prevalence and reduces obesity prevalence and BMI by the … children not eligible under means-testing, with little evidence of income or parental labour supply effects. This suggests …

We use longitudinal data on 11,000 UK-born children to examine the relationship between parental weight and income and … children’s overweight across childhood. We find that children are three times as likely to be overweight or obese at 14 if they … have an obese parent. Irrespective of their parents’ weight, children in the poorest 20% of families are twice as likely to …

associations with long-term health, educational and labour-market outcomes. This paper exploits intergenerational information on … three generations (grandparents-parents-children) to explore the effects of parental education and different parental …. We employ rich intergenerational data drawn from the US National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and a …

Birth weight is an important aspect of public health which has been linked to increased risk of infant death, increased …, including test scores, hospital stays and health. An advantage of the data is that I am able to control for a number of … conditions and later outcomes. -- Early Life Conditions ; Birth Weight ; Health Inequalities ; Test Scores …

The prevalence of low birth weight is an important aspect of public health which has been linked to increased risk of … early life conditions. Birth weight predicts a number of outcomes at age 9, including test scores, hospital stays and health …

explore if this policy is associated with changes in inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity at age 10/11 by area … level deprivation. Data on childhood overweight and obesity came from the National Child Measurement Programme for 2011 … childhood overweight and obesity rates between Gateshead and five other local authorities in the North-East of England which did …