Does weight affect children's test scores and teacher assessments differently?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-145

  Zavodny, Madeline ^a  

^a AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood overweight; Grades; Obesity; Test scores; Underweight

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEACHING; WEIGHT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875575935     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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