Black and white female body mass index values in the developing late 19th and early 20th century United States

被引：7
作者：
Carson S.A. [1 ]
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[1] University of Texas, Permian Basin, 4901, East University, Odessa, 79762, TX
来源：
Journal of Bioeconomics | 2018年 / 20卷 / 3期
关键词：
Ethnicity and BMI; Late 19th and early 20th century women’s BMIs; Women’s health during economic development;
D O I：
10.1007/s10818-018-9277-z
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摘要：
When traditional measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, stature and the body mass index (BMI) are now widely-used measures that reflect economic conditions. However, little work exists for late 19th and early 20th century women’s BMIs in the US and how they varied over time. Women’s BMIs stagnated throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After controlling for characteristics, African-American women had higher BMIs than lighter complexioned mixed-race and white women. Women from the Southwest were taller and had lower BMIs than women born elsewhere within the US. Alternatively, women’s BMIs did not vary by socioeconomic status. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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