Karimi Seyed M, Basu Anirban
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA.
The Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Econ Hum Biol. 2018 Sep;30:69-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2018.05.001. Epub 2018 Jun 25.
We examine the effect of prenatal exposure to Ramadan on children's height by sex, age, region, and the degree of religiosity. Since Ramadan rotates on solar calendars, we pool demographic and health survey data from numerous developing countries to increase the number of birth years and fairly control for potential seasonal effects. Our results suggest that Ramadan-induced nutritional stress during early- and mid-gestation may negatively affect the height of 3 and 4 years old Muslim male children. The effect tends to be stronger in West Africa and Central Asia. It also tends to be stronger in more religious countries. We do not detect consistent negative effects on height in female children.
我们按性别、年龄、地区和宗教虔诚程度，研究孕期经历斋月对儿童身高的影响。由于斋月依太阳历变动，我们汇总了众多发展中国家的人口与健康调查数据，以增加出生年份数量，并合理控制潜在的季节效应。我们的研究结果表明，孕期早期和中期斋月引发的营养压力，可能会对3岁和4岁的穆斯林男童身高产生负面影响。这种影响在西非和中亚地区往往更强。在宗教氛围更浓厚的国家，这种影响也往往更强。我们未发现对女童身高有持续的负面影响。
