Asirvatham, Jebaraj; Nayga Jr., Rodolfo M.; Thomsen, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
We examine the role of peer effects in childhood obesity outcomes by investigating whether obesity rates among the … highest graders in a public school has an effect on obesity rates among younger grades. We use a panel dataset with obesity … obesity prevalence at the highest grade are associated with changes in obesity prevalence at younger grades. The magnitude of …