first and second leading causes of death and morbidity among young children in developing countries. The fact that a large … tested in a developing country context, and which focus on children as the primary target population. Overall, we find that …

We show that preschoolers exhibit the endowment effect as evidenced by experiments where children generally chose to … children’s innate psychobiological traits—emotional state, gender, handedness, and digit ratio. The trials were conducted with … 141 children across 6 kindergartens. We also found support that children, like adults, exhibit a preference for physical …

populations in the world. In 2000 over half of Ethiopian preschool children were stunted (height for age z-scores (HAZ) of -2 …

are generally negatively correlated, but for children in very low-income families, they are positively correlated. Second …-BMI children. Third, the difference in obesity rates between children from low- and high-income families increases as children age …-income children. I find that their faster weight gain, rather than slower height growth, is a greater contributor to the rapid …

As observed in several previous studies, the nature of the urban structure can affect children's mode of transportation … homes and en route to school that promote children's ability to walk or cycle to school, using the conceptual domains …

birth on and later healthcare utilisation and costs in children aged about 10 years based on two birth cohort studies: the … healthcare utilisation given by parents in the 10-year follow-up. To meet this aim, we (i) estimate BMI-standard deviation score …