CEP News: Scientific American: How to be a better parent

Scientific American:
How to be a better parent

11 June 2015

Further evidence: children in a London School of Economics and Political Science study from 2014 who had two overweight biological parents were 27 percent more likely than other kids to be overweight, yet adopted children of overweight parents were almost as equally more likely to be heavy - 21 percent.

This article was published by the Scientific American on June 11, 2015
Link to article here

Related publications
'Vertical Transmission of Overweight: Evidence From English Adoptees', Joan Costa Font, Mireia Jofre-Bonet and Julian Le Grand, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1324, January 2015

Related links
Joan Costa Font webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage

Scientific American:How to be a better parent

Scientific American:
How to be a better parent