Arbeitspapier

Swallow This: Childhood and Adolescent Exposure to Fast Food Restaurants, BMI, and Cognitive Ability

Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments during childhood and adolescence increases BMI and has negative effects on cognition. Heterogeneity analysis does not reveal meaningful differences in the effects across groups, including for those with adverse prenatal health or high paternal BMI, an exception being that cognition is only affected by exposure at ages 0–12 and this effect is mediated by paternal education.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16109

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Education and Research Institutions: General
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco; Wine and Spirits
Thema
fast food restaurants
food supply
BMI
obesity
cognitive ability

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Abrahamsson, Sara
Bütikofer, Aline
Karbownik, Krzysztof
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2023

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Abrahamsson, Sara
  • Bütikofer, Aline
  • Karbownik, Krzysztof
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2023

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