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Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data … change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by gender and ethnicity born 1882-1986.Methods: We use loess additive … regression models to estimate age and trend effects of BMI values of US-born black and white adults measured between 1959 and …
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here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of … considerable debate, and there was an inverse relationship between material inequality and stature. The paper also supports a bio …
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Using a new source of 19th century state prison records, this study contrasts the biological living conditions of comparable US African-American and white female statures during economic development. Black and white female statures varied regionally, and white Southeastern and black Southwestern...
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, is an alternative measure to BMI for current net nutrition. Little is known about how weights varied among Mexicans …
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Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data … change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by gender and ethnicity born 1882-1986.Methods: We use loess additive … regression models to estimate age and trend effects of BMI values of US-born black and white adults measured between 1959 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146593
counterparts. However, interpreting BMI variation is difficult because BMIs increase when weight increases or when stature …
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BMI data set and robust statistics, this paper demonstrates that late 19th and early 20th century black BMI variation by …
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Little research exists on the historical relationship between BMI variation, wealth, and inequality. This study finds … BMIs and average state-level wealth, and an inverse relationship between BMI and wealth inequality. After controlling for … wealth and inequality, rural agricultural farmers had greater BMI values than their urban counterparts in other occupations …
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counterparts. However, interpreting BMI variation is difficult because BMIs increase when weight increases or when stature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723525
Using a new source of 19th century state prison records, this study contrasts the biological living conditions of comparable US African-American and white female statures during economic development. Black and white female statures varied regionally, and white Southeastern and black Southwestern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671719