The role of formal schooling on weight in young children

Chaeyoung Chang and Haeil Jung

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 82, issue C, 1-12

Abstract: This study examined whether children's exposure to formal schooling has an impact on their weight-related health outcomes, using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999.

Keywords: Childhood obesity; Schooling; Socioeconomic status; Physical education; Economic disparity; Natural experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.005

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