کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5056857 1476558 2016 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on obesity of children in Japan (2008-2014)
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
تاثیر حادثه هسته ای فوکوشیما بر چاقی کودکان در ژاپن (2008-2014)
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
چکیده انگلیسی


- We studied the effect of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident on childhood obesity.
- A difference-in-differences approach was used.
- For cohorts aged 5-7, obesity was higher in damaged areas than in other areas.
- For cohorts aged 5-7, the influence of the accident persisted, even after 3 years.
- The increase in obesity after the accident was greater in Fukushima than elsewhere.

This study used prefecture-level panel data from Japan for the period 2008-2014 to investigate the influence of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident on the body mass index (BMI) z-score and obesity rates of children over time. I adopted a difference-in-differences approach and found the following: (1) for the cohort aged 5-7 years in 2010, the BMI z-score and obesity rates in disaster-affected areas were higher than in other areas, although this was not observed for the other cohorts; (2) for the cohort aged 5-7 years in 2010, the influence of the accident persisted even after 3 years; and (3) the differences in the BMI z-score and obesity rate before and after the accident were greater for Fukushima Prefecture than for the other affected areas (Iwate and Miyagi prefectures). I infer that health-conscious parents, whose children had lower BMIs, may have moved from Fukushima, thereby increasing the BMI z-score of the child population living in Fukushima by around 0.05 for the cohort aged 5-7 years. The enforced reduction in physical activity increased the BMI z-score of children living in Fukushima by around 0.19 for that cohort.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Economics & Human Biology - Volume 21, May 2016, Pages 110-121
نویسندگان
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