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Childhood Obesity and Cognitive Achievement.
Black, Nicole; Johnston, David W; Peeters, Anna.
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  • Black N; Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Johnston DW; Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Peeters A; Obesity and Population Health, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Health Econ ; 24(9): 1082-100, 2015 Sep.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26123250
Obese children tend to perform worse academically than normal-weight children. If poor cognitive achievement is truly a consequence of childhood obesity, this relationship has significant policy implications. Therefore, an important question is to what extent can this correlation be explained by other factors that jointly determine obesity and cognitive achievement in childhood? To answer this question, we exploit a rich longitudinal dataset of Australian children, which is linked to national assessments in math and literacy. Using a range of estimators, we find that obesity and body mass index are negatively related to cognitive achievement for boys but not girls. This effect cannot be explained by sociodemographic factors, past cognitive achievement or unobserved time-invariant characteristics and is robust to different measures of adiposity. Given the enormous importance of early human capital development for future well-being and prosperity, this negative effect for boys is concerning and warrants further investigation.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Escolaridade / Obesidade Infantil Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País como assunto: Oceania Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Escolaridade / Obesidade Infantil Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País como assunto: Oceania Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article