Family Structure, Family Transitions, and Child Overweight and Obesity: Comparing Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States

• Main Authors: Sadie A. Slighting (Author), Kirsten Rasmussen (Author), Mikaela J. Dufur (Author), Jonathan A. Jarvis (Author), Shana L. Pribesh (Author), Alyssa J. Alexander (Author), Carolina Otero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Growing rates of childhood obesity globally create concern for individuals' health outcomes and demands on health systems. While many policy approaches focus on macro-level interventions, we examine how the type of stability of a family structure might provide opportunities for policy intervent...