Working paper
Head Start Participation and Childhood Obesity
Vanderbilt University Economics Working Paper, Vol.6-WG01
SSRN
03/06/2006
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.887433
Abstract
Childhood obesity is a significant public health problem that also has economic consequences. Medical research suggests that nutritional interventions at a young age can influence nutritional behavior and reduce childhood obesity. This paper estimates the impact of one such intervention - Head Start - on childhood overweight and obesity. While Head Start is more commonly known as an educational intervention, a large part of the program includes nutrition services and nutritional education to parents and children. For black children, Head Start participation is shown to significantly reduce the likelihood of being overweight or obese.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Head Start Participation and Childhood Obesity
- Creators
- David E Frisvold - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Working paper
- Publication Details
- Vanderbilt University Economics Working Paper, Vol.6-WG01
- Publisher
- SSRN
- DOI
- 10.2139/ssrn.887433
- Number of pages
- 45 pages
- Language
- English
- Date posted
- 03/06/2006
- Academic Unit
- Economics; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984318243302771
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