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TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal employment and childhood obesity
T2 - a European perspective
AU - Gwozdz, Wencke
AU - Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
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
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Maternal employment
KW - Children
KW - Obesity
KW - Europe
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.003
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 728
EP - 742
JO - Journal of Health Economics
JF - Journal of Health Economics
SN - 0167-6296
IS - 4
ER -