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Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital
Research on the impact of childhood nutrition on adult health and human capital has been extensively studied in developed countries, but research in China on this topic is limited. Nowadays, for children's nutritional status, while significant progress has been made in addressing childhood unde...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10616551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37916186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101533 |
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author | Li, Sa Nor, Norashidah Mohamed Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee |
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description | Research on the impact of childhood nutrition on adult health and human capital has been extensively studied in developed countries, but research in China on this topic is limited. Nowadays, for children's nutritional status, while significant progress has been made in addressing childhood undernutrition in China, regional disparities persist, conversely, the prevalence of childhood overweight continues to rise. For adults' health human capital, the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases among Chinese residents is gradually increasing, over 50% of Chinese residents are overweight or obese, with obesity being one of the risk factors for other chronic diseases. Therefore, this study uses national representative data from 1991 to 2015 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), matched with individual information from their childhood, to examine the relationship between childhood nutrition and adult health human capital. Based on the two-way fixed effects models and logit models, the study finds that childhood nutrition status measured by height-for-age z score (HAZ) significantly and continuously has been influencing adult health human capital measured by height, BMI, self-rated health (SRH), whether have been sick in last four weeks (SH). BMI-for-age z score (BMIZ) significantly and continuously influence adult health human capital measured by BMI, blood pressure, and perceived stress (PS). Among that, this study places special emphasis on the long-lasting effects of late childhood and adolescence (ages exceeding 6) on the progressive height accumulation and sustained presence of elevated blood pressure. In conclusion, reducing childhood overweight and promoting linear growth and development throughout the whole childhood can reduce the future burden of disease on the nation. |
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spelling | pubmed-106165512023-11-01 Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital Li, Sa Nor, Norashidah Mohamed Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee SSM Popul Health Regular Article Research on the impact of childhood nutrition on adult health and human capital has been extensively studied in developed countries, but research in China on this topic is limited. Nowadays, for children's nutritional status, while significant progress has been made in addressing childhood undernutrition in China, regional disparities persist, conversely, the prevalence of childhood overweight continues to rise. For adults' health human capital, the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases among Chinese residents is gradually increasing, over 50% of Chinese residents are overweight or obese, with obesity being one of the risk factors for other chronic diseases. Therefore, this study uses national representative data from 1991 to 2015 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), matched with individual information from their childhood, to examine the relationship between childhood nutrition and adult health human capital. Based on the two-way fixed effects models and logit models, the study finds that childhood nutrition status measured by height-for-age z score (HAZ) significantly and continuously has been influencing adult health human capital measured by height, BMI, self-rated health (SRH), whether have been sick in last four weeks (SH). BMI-for-age z score (BMIZ) significantly and continuously influence adult health human capital measured by BMI, blood pressure, and perceived stress (PS). Among that, this study places special emphasis on the long-lasting effects of late childhood and adolescence (ages exceeding 6) on the progressive height accumulation and sustained presence of elevated blood pressure. In conclusion, reducing childhood overweight and promoting linear growth and development throughout the whole childhood can reduce the future burden of disease on the nation. Elsevier 2023-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10616551/ /pubmed/37916186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101533 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Regular Article Li, Sa Nor, Norashidah Mohamed Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital |
title | Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital |
title_full | Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital |
title_fullStr | Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital |
title_full_unstemmed | Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital |
title_short | Long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital |
title_sort | long-term effects of child nutritional status on the accumulation of health human capital |
topic | Regular Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10616551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37916186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101533 |
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