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Child Care Subsidies and Childhood Obesity

Herbst, Chris M. - 2014

. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study … the impact of subsidy receipt on low-income children's weight outcomes in the fall and spring of kindergarten. The goals … subsidy receipt has heterogeneous effects on children's weight at different points in the BMI distribution. Results suggest …

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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China : Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey

Nie, Peng - 2014

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 …

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Prepregnancy Obesity and Birth Outcomes

Averett, Susan L. - 2015

We investigate the association between prepregnancy obesity and birth outcomes using fixed effect models comparing siblings from the same mother. A total of 7,496 births to 3,990 mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 survey are examined. Outcomes include macrosomia,...

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Head Start Participation and Childhood Obesity

Frisvold, David E. - 2014

education to parents and children. For black children, Head Start participation is shown to significantly reduce the likelihood …

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Does Using Planning Policy to Restrict Fast Food Outlets Reduce Inequalities in Childhood Overweight and Obesity?

Xiang, Huasheng; Albani, Viviana; Goffe, Louis; Akhter, … - 2022

Half of local governments in England use planning policy to promote a healthier environment. In 2015, Gateshead Council in the North-East of England was the first local authority to ban planning permission for any new fast-food outlet. We explore if this policy is associated with changes in...

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Growing Fat on Reform : Obesity and Nutritional Disparities among China's Children, 1979-2005

Morgan, Stephen L. - 2014

obese, yet a third of Chinese children remain underweight. Drawing on six national surveys of children’s health conducted …

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Does using planning policy to restrict fast food outlets reduce inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity?

Xiang, Huasheng; Albani, Viviana; Goffe, Louis; Akhter, … - 2022

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C-sections, obesity, and health-care specialization : evidence from Mexico

Herrera, Catalina; Marquez-Padilla, Fernanda; Prina, Silvia - 2023

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 hospitals' patient pools may affect the quantity and quality of...

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Swallow this : childhood and adolescent exposure to fast food restaurants, BMI, and cognitive ability

Abrahamsson, Sara; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2023

Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...

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Swallow this : childhood and adolescent exposure to fast food restaurants, BMI, and cognitive ability

Abrahamsson, Sara; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2023

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