We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that … the nutrition transition affects child weight but not child growth, which could be one reason why child underweight … regressions show that the nutrition transition reduces child underweight, while no consistent effect on child overweight is found …

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

health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when … parents are informed about the health risk of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than …Lack of information about health risks may limit the adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper …

Obesity, as a health and social problem with rising prevalence and soaring economic cost, is increasingly drawing … obesity, empirical evidence on this causal relationship is fragile. Using the health capital development theory, this study …