阅读、写作与零食

Reading, Writing, and Refreshments

Journal of Human Resources · 2006
被引 59
人大 AABS 3

中文导读

美国学校因财务压力引入垃圾食品,研究发现学生接触垃圾食品的概率每提高10个百分点,其身体质量指数(BMI)约增加1%。

Abstract

Abstract Over the last two decades the proportion of adolescents in the United States who are obese has nearly tripled, and schools, citing financial pressures, have given students greater access to “junk” foods, using the proceeds to fund school programs. We examine whether schools under financial pressure tend to adopt potentially unhealthful food policies and whether students’ Body Mass Index (BMI) is higher where they are more likely to be exposed to these food policies. We find that a 10 percentage point increase in potential exposure to junk food in schools leads to about a 1 percent increase in students’ BMI.

青少年肥胖学校垃圾食品政策身体质量指数学校财务压力