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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.

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FZID discussion papers; 73

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Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
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Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung
Institute of Health Care & Public Management

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Sustainable Development Goals

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@techreport{Bammann2013, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5708}, author = {Bammann, Karin and Williams, Garrath and Veidebaum, Toomas et al.}, title = {Maternal employment and childhood obesity : a European perspective}, year = {2013}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {FZID discussion papers}, }
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