Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years

J. Cawley, C. Spieß
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In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. 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 BMI and obesity status) controlling for various child and family characteristics. The findings indicate that, among boys, obesity is a significant risk factor for lagged development in verbal skills, social skills, and activities of daily living. Among girls, weight generally does not have a statistically significant association with these developmental outcomes. Further investigations show that the correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that the correlation between obesity and developmental functioning cannot be due to discrimination by teachers, classmates, or even day care providers.
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2-4岁儿童肥胖与发育功能
在发达国家,肥胖往往与较差的劳动力市场结果有关。一个可能的原因是,肥胖导致生命早期人力资本形成较少。这篇论文调查了肥胖和儿童发育功能之间的关系,在更小的年龄(2-4岁)比以往任何时候都检查。来自德国社会经济小组研究的数据被用来估计四个关键领域(语言技能、日常生活活动、运动技能和社交技能)的发育功能模型,作为控制各种儿童和家庭特征的各种体重测量(包括BMI和肥胖状况)的函数。研究结果表明,在男孩中,肥胖是语言技能、社交技能和日常生活活动发展滞后的重要风险因素。在女孩中,体重通常与这些发育结果没有统计学上的显著关联。进一步的调查表明,即使是那些没有上日托的学龄前儿童也存在这种相关性,这意味着肥胖和发育功能之间的相关性不可能是由于老师、同学甚至日托提供者的歧视。
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