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Peer effects on childhood and adolescent obesity in China

Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; He, Xiaobo - In: China economic review : an international journal 35 (2015), pp. 47-69

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011564460

Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China Health Nutrition Survey

Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - In: Applied economics 46 (2014) 19/21, pp. 2418-2428

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417228

Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China

Nie, Peng; Ding, Lanlin; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2018

Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyses changes in bodyweight (BMI and waist circumference) distributions between 1991 and 2011 among adults aged 20+ in China. To do so, we quantify the source and extent of temporal changes in bodyweight and then...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011915954

Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China health and nutrition survey

Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014

Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal employment and obesity in children aged 3 - 17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for pediatric adiposity, we provide scant evidence for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260064

Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China health and nutrition survey

Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014

Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal employment and obesity in children aged 3-17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for pediatric adiposity, we provide scant evidence for its...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257592

Peer effects on childhood and adolescent obesity in China

Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; He, Xiaobo - 2014

Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), this study analyzes peer effects on obesity in a sample of 3- to 18-year-old children and adolescents in China. Even after a rich set of covariates and unobserved individual heterogeneity are controlled for, it is evident that such...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413785

The intangible costs of overweight and obesity in Germany

Meng, Fan; Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-10

Background Previous literature documents the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity, yet none has attempted to quantify the intangible costs of obesity. This study focuses on quantifying the intangible costs of one unit body mass index (BMI) increase and being overweight and obese in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500249

Peer Effects on Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in China

Nie, Peng - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045832

Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China

Nie, Peng; Ding, Lanlin; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - In: China economic review : an international journal 58 (2019), pp. 1-29

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317862

Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China : Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey

Nie, Peng - 2014

Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for pediatric adiposity, we provide scant evidence for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057035