'Fat black sheep': Educational penalties of childhood obesity in an emerging country.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article explores the relationship between childhood obesity and educational outcomes in Mexico, a country where excess weight is predominant.

Design

Using complementary multivariate estimators, we empirically investigate the association between childhood excess weight, measured in 2002, and schooling attainment measured 10 years later. Non-linear specifications are tested, and heterogeneous effects according to gender, living area and economic backgrounds are investigated.

Setting

To fill the literature gap, this study focuses on the understudied context of emerging countries such as Mexico.

Participants

Panel data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (2002-2012) are used. We restricted the sample to adolescent individuals who had between 9 and 15

SUBMITTER: Levasseur P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200381 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature