Obesity and Skill Attainment in Early Childhood. NBER Working Paper No. 13997

Autor/inn/en	Cawley, John; Spiess, C. Katharina
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA.
Titel	Obesity and Skill Attainment in Early Childhood. NBER Working Paper No. 13997
Quelle	(2008), (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Skill Development; Preschool Children; Body Composition; Gender Differences; Daily Living Skills; Verbal Ability; Psychomotor Skills; Interpersonal Competence; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Geschlechterkonflikt; Alltagsfertigkeit; Mündliche Leistung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	This paper investigates the association between obesity and skill attainment in early childhood (aged 2-4 years). Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study are used to estimate models of developmental functioning in four critical areas (verbal skills, activities of daily living, motor skills, and social skills) as a function of various measures of weight (including body mass index and obesity) controlling for a rich set of child, parent, and family characteristics. The findings indicate that, among boys, obesity is associated with reduced verbal skills, social skills, motor skills, and activities of daily living. Among girls, obesity is associated with reduced verbal skills. Further investigations show that the correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that it cannot be due solely to discrimination by teachers, classmates, or day care providers. (As Provided).
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