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How useful is anthropometric history? : some reflections on Paul Hohenberg's recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association
Komlos, John - 2009
In his recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association, Paul Hohenberg argued that anthropometric history does not meet his criteria for useful research in the field of economic history. He considers research useful if (a) it "helps shape one of our underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951724
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Anthropometric evidence on economic growth, biological well-being and regional convergence in the Habsburg monarchy, c. 1850 - 1910
Komlos, John - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 1 (2007) 3, pp. 211-237
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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/10010270454
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The trend of BMI values among US adults
Komlos, John; Brabec, 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/10010272762
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How useful is anthropometric history? Some reflections on Paul Hohenberg’s recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association
Komlos, John - 2009
In his recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association, Paul Hohenberg argued that anthropometric history does not meet his criteria for useful research in the field of economic history. He considers research useful if (a) it "helps shape one of our underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427553
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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 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 birth cohorts 1886-1986 stratified by ethnicity. The...
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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523550