Interactive effects of in utero nutrition and genetic inheritance on cognition: new evidence using sibling comparisons [0.03%]
宫内营养和遗传对认知的交互影响：利用同胞比较的新证据
C Justin Cook,Jason M Fletcher
C Justin Cook
A large literature links early environments and later outcomes, such as cognition; however, little is known about the mechanisms. One potential mechanism is sensitivity to early environments that is moderated or amplified by the genotype. W...
Identifying the intergenerational effects of the 1959-1961 Chinese Great Leap Forward Famine on infant mortality [0.03%]
识别1959-1961年中国大饥荒对婴儿死亡率的代际效应
Shige Song
Shige Song
Using the 1959-1961 Chinese Great Leap Forward Famine as a natural experiment, this study examines the relationship between mothers' prenatal exposure to acute malnutrition and their children's infant mortality risk. According to the result...
Ariane Batscheider,Peter Rzehak,Christina M Teuner et al.
Ariane Batscheider et al.
The aim of this study is to assess the association between different patterns of Body Mass Index (BMI) development from birth on and later healthcare utilisation and costs in children aged about 10 years based on two birth cohort studies: t...
Obesity persistence and duration dependence: evidence from a cohort of US adults (1985-2010) [0.03%]
美国成年人肥胖的持续性和时序依赖性（1985-2010）
Joan Daouli,Apostolos Davillas,Michael Demoussis et al.
Joan Daouli et al.
This study investigates dynamic patterns of obesity persistence and identifies the determinants of obesity-spell exits and re-entries. We utilize longitudinal data from the NLSY79 covering the period 1985-2010. Non-parametric techniques are...
The allometry of metabolism and stature: worker fatigue and height in the Tanzanian labor market [0.03%]
代谢和身高的全息性：坦桑尼亚劳动力市场的工人疲劳和身高
Gregory N Price
Gregory N Price
If the positive wage-height correlation is at least partially biological in origin, one plausible pathway is the effect of stature on energy expenditure in individuals. If metabolism scales proportionately with stature, then relative to sho...
The effect of school district nutrition policies on dietary intake and overweight: a synthetic control approach [0.03%]
学区营养政策对饮食摄入和超重的影响：合成控制法研究
Sebastian Bauhoff
Sebastian Bauhoff
School nutrition policies aim to eliminate ubiquitous unhealthy foods and beverages from schools to improve adolescent dietary behavior and reduce childhood obesity. This paper evaluates the impact of an early nutrition policy, Los Angeles ...
Dual burden households and intra-household nutritional inequality in Indonesia [0.03%]
印尼的双重重担家庭与家庭内部营养不平等状况
Cornelia Roemling,Matin Qaim
Cornelia Roemling
Overweight is an increasing problem in many developing countries, coexisting with underweight and contributing to a dual burden of malnutrition, sometimes in the same households. We analyze the phenomenon of dual burden households in Indone...
Bayesian modeling of the evolution of male height in 18th century Finland from incomplete data [0.03%]
基于不完整数据的十八世纪芬兰男性身高的进化bayesian模型计算
Antti Penttinen,Elena Moltchanova,Ilkka Nummela
Antti Penttinen
Data on army recruits' height are frequently available and can be used to analyze the economics and welfare of the population in different periods of history. However, such data are not a random sample from the whole population at the time ...
In urban South Africa, 16 year old adolescents experience greater health equality than children [0.03%]
在南非城市地区，16岁青少年比儿童的健康状况更加平等
Paula L Griffiths,William Johnson,Noël Cameron et al.
Paula L Griffiths et al.
Despite the strongly established link between socio-economic status (SES) and health across most stages of the life-course, the evidence for a socio-economic gradient in adolescent health outcomes is less consistent. This paper examines ass...
The effect of fast-food restaurants on childhood obesity: a school level analysis [0.03%]
快餐业对儿童肥胖的影响：基于学校的研究分析
Pedro A Alviola th,Rodolfo M Nayga Jr,Michael R Thomsen et al.
Pedro A Alviola th et al.
We analyze, using an instrumental variable approach, the effect of the number of fast-food restaurants on school level obesity rates in Arkansas. Using distance to the nearest major highway as an instrument, our results suggest that exposur...