Arbeitspapier
Maternal employment and childhood obesity: A European perspective
The substantial increase in female employment rates in Europe over the past two decades has often been linked in political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer measures and information from nutritional diaries, we also investigate the effects of maternal employment on obesity's main drivers: calorie intake and physical activity. Our analysis provides little evidence for any association between maternal employment and childhood obesity, diet or physical activity.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: FZID Discussion Paper ; No. 73-2013
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- Subject
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Maternal employment
Children
Obesity
Europe
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Gwozdz, Wencke
Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
Reisch, Lucia A.
Ahrens, Wolfgang
De Henauw, Stefaan
Eiben, Gabriele
Fernandez-Alvira, Juan M.
Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos
Kovacs, Eva
Lauria, Fabio
Veidebaum, Toomas
Williams, Garrath
Bammann, Karin
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Universität Hohenheim, Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung (FZID)
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Stuttgart
- (when)
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2013
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-8504
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Gwozdz, Wencke
- Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
- Reisch, Lucia A.
- Ahrens, Wolfgang
- De Henauw, Stefaan
- Eiben, Gabriele
- Fernandez-Alvira, Juan M.
- Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos
- Kovacs, Eva
- Lauria, Fabio
- Veidebaum, Toomas
- Williams, Garrath
- Bammann, Karin
- Universität Hohenheim, Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung (FZID)
Time of origin
- 2013