Titre :
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Childhood obesity and human capital accumulation. (2012)
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Auteurs :
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PALERMO (Tia-M) : USA. Department of Preventive Medicine. Graduate Program in Public Health. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook. NY. ;
DOWD (Jennifer-B) : USA. Cuny School of Public Health at Hunter College. Cuny Institute for Demographic Research. City University of New York.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 75, n° 11, 2012)
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Pagination :
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1989-1998
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Obésité
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Enfant
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Ressource humaine
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Accumulation
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Fonction cognitive
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Aptitude travail
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Homme
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Amérique
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xpH9Cr. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The prevalence of childhood obesity has tripled in the United States over the last 25 years, and in addition to increased risks of many chronic diseases, obesity may also be linked to lower skill attainment, poor social competency, and poorer labor outcomes. Any causal links between obesity and human capital accumulation could have important consequences for both health and economic well-being over the life course. We investigate the association of obesity and cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes among US children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 using the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics. We perform OLS and individual fixed effects regressions to address unobserved time invariant heterogeneity in the relationship between overweight/obesity and abilities. Results provide limited support for the hypothesis that obesity negatively affects non-cognitive but not cognitive outcomes and suggest that discrimination rather than a biological mechanism contributes to negative outcomes found in the literature on adults.
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