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 … specialization. And it creates a measure of hospital-level obesity, based on the fraction of obesity-related discharges for women of …

children's health, We find that access to insurance reduces childhood obesity and exerts positive and economically significant …, it still is unclear whether these insurance expansions improve children's health, This paper exploits quasi … children's regular growth check-ups and deworming treatments, consistent with an increased awareness of children's weight and …

We study the effect of health insurance expansion on nutrition-related children's health outcomes. We exploit quasi … obesity and exerts positive and economically significant effects on some preventive health care utilization and behaviours …, such as children's regular growth checks-ups and deworming treatments, the duration of breastfeeding, and a substitution of …