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Mexican and Hispanic net nutrition in the 19th century American West

Carson, Scott Alan - 2015

When traditional methods for measuring economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, heights and BMIs are now well accepted measurements that represent biological conditions during economic development. Weight, after controlling for height, is an alternative measure to BMI for current net...

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Statures, BMIs, and weight : a reassessment

Carson, Scott A. - 2013

decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …

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From the tallest to (one of) the fattest : the enigmatic fate of the American population in the 20th century

Komlos, John; Baur, Marieluise - 2003

considering that this adverse development is related to the greater social inequality, an inferior health-care system, and fewer …- and Northern European welfare states, with cradle to grave health and unemployment insurance currently provide a more …

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Nineteenth century weight in the United States : revaluating net nutrition during economic development

Carson, Scott Alan - 2015

Heights and body mass index values (BMIs) are now well accepted measures that reflect net nutrition during economic development and institutional change. This study uses 19th century weights instead of BMIs to measure factors associated with current net nutrition. Across the weight distribution...

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Diminishing health, rising health care costs and long-run growth in local government spending

Skidmore, Mark; Dyar, William - 2015

costs, and diminishing health such as increasing in obesity (and associated physical health problems) as well behavioral … changing health, we find that increasing mental/emotional/physical health problems accounts for a significant portion of … that deteriorating mental/ emotional/physical health resulting from dietary changes and other factors has increased local …

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The trend of BMI values among US adults

Komlos, John; Brabek, Marek - 2010

Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects. Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...

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The relationship between stature and insolation : evidence from soldiers and prisoners

Carson, Scott Alan - 2009

Nineteenth century white US statures varied with nutrition, disease exposure, and the physical environment. An additional explanation for stature growth is vitamin D production. Vitamin D is produced internally by the synthesis of cholesterol and sunlight in the epidermis. However, studies that...

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Racial differences in body-mass indices for men imprisoned in 19th century US prisons : a multinomial approach

Carson, Scott Alan - 2010

health ; racial disparity …

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The trend of BMI values by centiles of US adults, birth cohorts 1882 - 1986

Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - 2010

Trends in BMI values are estimated by centiles of the US adult population by birth cohorts 1886-1986 stratified by ethnicity. The highest centile increased by some 18 to 22 units in the course of the century while the lowest ones increased by merely 1 to 3 units. Hence, the BMI distribution...

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The dynamics of Income-related health inequality among US children

Chatterji, Pinka; Lahiri, Kajal; Song, Jingya - 2011

We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …

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