TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chernichovsky,Dov
AU  - Coate,Douglas
TI  - The Choice of Diet for Young Children and Its Relation to Children's Growth
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 219
PY  - 1980
Y2  - July 1980
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0219
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0219.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Dov Chernichovsky
Health Policy and Management Unit
Center for Health Sciences
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva
ISRAEL
Tel: 972-(0)-8-6477422
Fax: 972-(0)-8-6477634
E-Mail: dov@som.bgu.ac.il

Douglas Coate
AB  - In this paper we analyze the choice of diet for young children in low income families in the United States and its relation to the children's growth. Our most important finding is that the education and income levels in low income households are generally sufficient for the provision of adequate diets for children in the household. This conclusion is based on empirical results which show that low income parents have pushed the growth of their children through choice of diet nearly as much as possible, and which also show that mother's education and family income are insignificant determinants of the nutrient intakes of children in low income households.
ER  -