英文文献:Child Care Choices, Food Choices, and Children’s Obesity Status-儿童保育的选择,食物的选择,以及儿童的肥胖状况
英文文献作者:Mandal, Bidisha,Powell, Lisa M.
英文文献摘要:
We evaluate the effect of differences in child care and food environments on obesity among children in the age group of four to six years. To address non-random selection of children into different child care settings, we first predict market price of child care and market wages, and then examine how these affect choice of child care settings and the amount of time children spend in different settings. Using panel data models, we analyze the role of care settings on frequency of consumption of different types of food items, such as soda, fast food, fruits, vegetables, and juice. Finally, we analyze the effect of food choices on obesity status, with and without controlling for child care environment. We analyze two types of households – single mother households and two-parent households. We find some notable differences in consumption of different types of high-calorie and low-calorie food items across different care settings. Further, higher consumptions of soda and fast food are associated with higher obesity rates among children in single mother households, while higher consumption of 100% juice is associated with higher rates of obesity and higher consumption of vegetables is associated with lower likelihood of obesity among children in two-parent households.
我们评估了儿童保育和食物环境的差异对4至6岁年龄组儿童肥胖的影响。为了解决儿童在不同儿童保育环境中的非随机选择问题,我们首先预测儿童保育的市场价格和市场工资,然后研究这些因素如何影响儿童保育环境的选择和儿童在不同环境中的时间。使用面板数据模型,我们分析了护理设置在不同类型的食品消费频率上的作用,如汽水、快餐、水果、蔬菜和果汁。最后,我们分析了食物选择对肥胖状况的影响,有和没有儿童保育环境的控制。我们分析了两种类型的家庭——单亲家庭和双亲家庭。我们发现,在不同的护理环境中,不同类型的高热量和低热量食品的消费存在显著差异。此外,在单亲家庭中,苏打水和快餐的高消费量与儿童肥胖率高相关,而100%果汁的高消费量与肥胖率高相关,在双亲家庭中,蔬菜的高消费量与儿童肥胖的低可能性相关。