Obesity and skill attainment in early childhood
Obesity and skill attainment in early childhood
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ehb.2008.06.003
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发表时间：
2008-12-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Spiess, C. Katharina
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作者：
Cawley, John;Spiess, C. Katharina
本文调查了儿童早期（2-3岁）肥胖与技能获得之间的关系。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，作为控制丰富的儿童、父母和家庭特征的各种体重测量（包括体重指数和肥胖）的函数。研究结果表明，在男孩中，肥胖与语言技能、社交技能、运动技能和日常生活活动的下降有关。在女孩中，肥胖与语言能力下降有关。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，这意味着这种相关性不能仅仅是由于老师、同学或日托提供者的歧视。(C) 2008 Elsevier B.V.版权所有
This paper investigates the association between obesity and skill attainment in early childhood (aged 2-3 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 the correlations cannot be due solely to discrimination by teachers, classmates, or day care providers. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.