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Maternal employment and childhood obesity: a European perspective. / Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso ; Reisch, Lucia et al.
In: Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 32, No. 4, 07.2013, p. 728-742.

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Gwozdz, W, Sousa-Poza, A, Reisch, L, Ahrens, W, Eiben, G, Fernández-Alvira, J, Hadjigeorgiou, C, De Henauw, S, Kovács, É, Lauria, F, Veidebaum, T, Williams, G & Bammann, K 2013, 'Maternal employment and childhood obesity: a European perspective', Journal of Health Economics, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 728-742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.003

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Gwozdz, W., Sousa-Poza, A., Reisch, L., Ahrens, W., Eiben, G., Fernández-Alvira, J., Hadjigeorgiou, C., De Henauw, S., Kovács, É., Lauria, F., Veidebaum, T., Williams, G., & Bammann, K. (2013). Maternal employment and childhood obesity: a European perspective. Journal of Health Economics, 32(4), 728-742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.003

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Gwozdz W, Sousa-Poza A, Reisch L, Ahrens W, Eiben G, Fernández-Alvira J et al. Maternal employment and childhood obesity: a European perspective. Journal of Health Economics. 2013 Jul;32(4):728-742. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.003

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Gwozdz, Wencke ; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso ; Reisch, Lucia et al. / Maternal employment and childhood obesity : a European perspective. In: Journal of Health Economics. 2013 ; Vol. 32, No. 4. pp. 728-742.

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abstract = "The substantial increase in female employment rates in Europe over the past two decades has often been linked in political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer measures and information from nutritional diaries, we also investigate the effects of maternal employment on obesity's main drivers: calorie intake and physical activity. Our analysis provides little evidence for any association between maternal employment and childhood obesity, diet or physical activity.",
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AU - Gwozdz, Wencke

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AU - Reisch, Lucia

AU - Ahrens, Wolfgang

AU - Eiben, Gabriele

AU - Fernández-Alvira, Juan

AU - Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos

AU - De Henauw, Stefaan

AU - Kovács, Éva

AU - Lauria, Fabio

AU - Veidebaum, Toomas

AU - Williams, Garrath

AU - Bammann, Karin

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KW - Obesity

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