substantial changes, such as the move to a 24-hour economy. Researchers have found that children were more likely to have … emotional or behavioural problems when parents worked non-standard hours (Strazdins et al., 2004). We use the Canadia National … Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to study this relationship for child weight status. The NLSCY contains …

convenience foods. The consequence is the increasing rate of overweight and obesity through the population and in particular among … children. The resulting social and environmental costs are huge. Indeed, it increases government health expenditure as well as …. Specifically, it explores the effects of different parental characteristics on children’s food habits and lifestyle. The study …

This paper examines the change in body mass index for a cohort of Irish children as they aged from 9 to 13 and …