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
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: FZID Discussion Paper ; No. 73-2013

Classification
Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Subject
Maternal employment
Children
Obesity
Europe

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
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
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Universität Hohenheim, Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung (FZID)
(where)
Stuttgart
(when)
2013

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-8504
Last update
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

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