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Underperformance in affluence : the remarkable relative decline in American heights in the second half of the 20th-century
Komlos, John; Lauderdale, Benjamin E. - 2006
health-care system, as well as the relatively weak welfare safety net might be the reason why human growth in the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439380
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Underperformance in affluence: the remarkable relative decline in American heights in the second half of the 20th-century
Komlos, John; Lauderdale, Benjamin E. - 2006
health-care system, as well as the relatively weak welfare safety net might be the reason why human growth in the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427444
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The transition to post-industrial BMI values among US children
Komlos, John; Breitfelder, Ariane; Sunder, Marco - 2008
Background: The trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated very convincingly because of the absence of longitudinal data. Our object is to estimate time series of BMI values by birth cohorts instead of measurement years. Methods: We use five regression models to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951534
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003994174
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The transition to post-industrial BMI values among US children
Komlos, John; Breitfelder, Ariane; Sunder, Marco - 2008
"In our opinion, the trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated accurately. We use five models to estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and adolescents ages 2-19 born 1941-2006 on the basis of all NHES and NHANES data sets. We also use some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003690074
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003945803
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The trend of mean BMI values of US adults, birth cohorts 1882 - 1986 indicates that the obesity epidemic began earlier than hitherto thought
Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003960592
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The trend of BMI values of US adults by centiles, birth cohorts 1882 - 1986
Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - 2010
"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the … NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. Trends in BMI values are estimated by centiles of the US adult population by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657476
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The trend of BMI values of US adults by deciles, birth cohorts 1882 - 1986 stratified by gender and ethnicity
Komlos, John; Brabec, Marek - In: Economics and human biology 9 (2011) 3, pp. 234-250
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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 … propitious environment for the biological standard of living than its US counterpart. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509441