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
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16109
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Education and Research Institutions: General
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco; Wine and Spirits
- Thema
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fast food restaurants
food supply
BMI
obesity
cognitive ability
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Abrahamsson, Sara
Bütikofer, Aline
Karbownik, Krzysztof
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Abrahamsson, Sara
- Bütikofer, Aline
- Karbownik, Krzysztof
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2023