DETERMINANTS OF U.S. CHILDREN'S AND TEENAGERS' BODY MASS INDEX

James Eales, James Binkley and Mark Jekanowski

No 19880, 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To determine if the increase in consumption of food away from home has contributed to the increased weight of the US youth. METHODS: Multiple regression will be used to estimate the effect of food source on body mass index (BMI) while accounting for other factors which have been shown to affect weight in a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population.

Keywords: Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002

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