Childhood obesity in developing countries is a topic that hasn’t found its way in the economic literature yet. Despite … the fact that obesity rates are rising worldwide and the phenomenon is very present even among the poorest of households …

This study explores whether hospitals with higher increases in obesity levels have higher CS rates and the … consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of … specialization. And it creates a measure of hospital-level obesity, based on the fraction of obesity-related discharges for women of …

children's health, We find that access to insurance reduces childhood obesity and exerts positive and economically significant …

The increasing prevalence of obesity during pregnancy raises concerns over the intergenerational transmission of … obesity and its potential to exacerbate the current obesity epidemic. The fetal origins hypothesis posits that the …-pregnancy obesity is correlated with obesity in her children. However, previous research is largely based on comparing individuals …

We investigate the association between prepregnancy obesity and birth outcomes using fixed effect models comparing …-pregnancy obesity was examined using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression to compare across mothers and fixed effects to compare … prepregnancy obesity with the exception of LGA, SGA, low birth weight and preterm birth. We find that prepregnancy obesity is …

employment and obesity in children aged 3 - 17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity. …