Carson, Scott Alan - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 6 (2012) 2, pp. 193-209
Little research exists on the body mass index values of late 19th- and early 20th-century African-Americans. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, this paper demonstrates that darker complexioned black BMIs were greater than for mulattos, and a mulatto BMI advantage did not exist....