RT Generic
T1 Maternal employment and childhood obesity : a European perspective
A1 Gwozdz,Wencke
A1 Sousa-Posa,Alfonso
A1 Reisch,Lucia A.
A1 Ahrens,Wolfgang
A1 Henauw,Stefaan de
A1 Eiben,Gabriele
A1 Fernandez-Alvira,Juan M.
A1 Hadjigeorgiou,Charalampos
A1 Kovacs,Eva
A1 Lauria,Fabio
A1 Veidebaum,Toomas
A1 Williams,Garrath
A1 Bammann,Karin
WP 2013/06/11
AB The substantial increase in female employment rates in Europe over the past two decades has often been linked in political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer measures and information from nutritional diaries, we also investigate the effects of maternal employment on obesity's main drivers: calorie intake and physical activity. Our analysis provides little evidence for any association between maternal employment and childhood obesity, diet or physical activity.
K1 Berufstätigkeit
K1 Kind
K1 Übergewicht
PP Hohenheim
PB Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
UL http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2013/850