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Mothers', Fathers', and Children's Choices That Influence a Child's BMI Senior Thesis in Economics, Carleton College, February 23, 2007 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Carleton College Keyword(s): Age at Birth; Behavior; Bias Decomposition; Body Mass Index (BMI); Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Influence; Fathers, Presence; Modeling; Mothers, Education; Television Viewing; Undergraduate Research; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper addresses the variables related to a child,s weight that goes beyond the delicate balance between energy intake and energy expenditures, incorporating the child's behaviors and parental information, including: mother's body mass index (BMI), number of hours the child spends watching television per day, mother's education level, mother's age at birth, and whether or not the father lives with the mother and child in the same household. I collected data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLYS79) and NLSY79 Children and Young Adults survey. I found significant information after applying multiple regression analyses to a basic econometric model in order to determine which variables have the most influence over a child's BMI. Unfortunately, a child has little control over his or her BMI as parents have the most influence on the child's BMI. |
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Kootsikas, Michael. "Mothers', Fathers', and Children's Choices That Influence a Child's BMI." Senior Thesis in Economics, Carleton College, February 23, 2007. |