Expanding Exposure: Can Increasing the Daily Duration of Head Start Reduce Childhood Obesity?

Autor/inn/en	Frisvold, David E.; Lumeng, Julie C.
Titel	Expanding Exposure: Can Increasing the Daily Duration of Head Start Reduce Childhood Obesity?
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 46 (2011) 2, S.373-402 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Early Childhood Education; Disadvantaged Youth; Preschool Children; Welfare Services; Attendance; Grants; Scheduling; Physical Activities; Nutrition; Program Descriptions; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Anwesenheit; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Disposition; Ernährung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Coinciding with the work requirements of welfare reform in the mid-1990s, the early childhood education program, Head Start, significantly expanded to increase the availability of full-day classes. Using unique administrative data, we examine the effect of full-day compared to half-day attendance on childhood obesity. This effect is identified from changes in obesity over time and from the elimination of a state-provided full-day expansion grant that decreased the supply of full-day classes. Our results suggest that full-day Head Start attendance significantly reduces the proportion of obese children at the end of the academic year. (Contains 6 tables, 3 figures and 17 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10