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

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 …-random variation from an insurance expansion targeted at poor households in Peru. We find that access to insurance reduces childhood … obesity and exerts positive and economically significant effects on some preventive health care utilization and behaviours …

problems. A general WTP to reduce the incidence of childhood overweight/obesity by half, was declared by 48.8%. Parents of …Objective: To determine parental willingness-to-pay (WTP) for childhood obesity prevention. Methods: Cross … general WTP and amount of WTP. Results: From 1 534 parents, 97.8% considered overweight/obesity to be serious public health …

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 …