PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT AMONG LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

Chung L. Huang and Biing-Hwan Lin

No 20262, 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The study investigates variations in children's body mass indices among low income households using the endogenous switching regression analysis to account for the potential self-selectivity bias. The result provides an important policy implication for public health officials and educators with respect to the development of nutrition education and information delivery.

Keywords: Health; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20262

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