rates and calories varied with economic development. During the 19th century, black physical activity and net nutrition … expectancy was not likely due to improved nutrition. Physically active farmers had greater BMRs and received more calories per … day than workers in other occupations. Black diets, nutrition, and calories varied by residence, and rural blacks in the …

connects those anthropometric measurements with an index of childhood mortality estimated from the censuses of 1900 and 1910 … primarily from the censuses of 1900 and 1910. The results indicate that early childhood mortality was a good (negative …

connects those anthropometric measurements with an index of childhood mortality estimated from the censuses of 1900 and 1910 … primarily from the censuses of 1900 and 1910. The results indicate that early childhood mortality was a good (negative …

The Antebellum Puzzle' describes the situation of declining stature and rising mortality in the three decades prior to … terms of protein and caloric intake in the mid-nineteenth century. But the mortality environment also appears to have … analyzes the relationship between local agricultural surpluses, nutritional status, mortality conditions, and adult heights …

The Antebellum Puzzle' describes the situation of declining stature and rising mortality in the three decades prior to … terms of protein and caloric intake in the mid-nineteenth century. But the mortality environment also appears to have … analyzes the relationship between local agricultural surpluses, nutritional status, mortality conditions, and adult heights …

We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We … estimate that households in the USA, on average, had about five hundred daily calories per equivalent adult more than their … French and German counterparts, with Belgian and British workers closer to the USA levels. We ask if that energy bonus gave …