Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Physical Activity and Calories by Gender and Race

Scott Alan Carson ()
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Scott Alan Carson: University of Texas, Permian Basin, 4901 East University

Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2023, vol. 6, issue 4, No 4, 268-281

Abstract: Abstract W hen traditional measures for income and wealth are scarce or unreliable, alternative values are effective in measuring nutritional conditions during economic development. This study uses net nutrition and calories to illustrate that during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that men required about 20% more calories per day than women. Individuals with darker complexions had greater BMRs and required more calories per day compared to fairer complexioned individuals; however, the difference was not large. Individuals born in the Great Lakes, Plains, and South required more calories per day than individuals from the Northeast and Middle Atlantic. Residence in the developing Northeast and Middle Atlantic was associated with the fewest regional calories per capita. Nineteenth and early twentieth century calorie consumption was inversely related to inequality.

Keywords: Net nutrition; Nineteenth and twentieth century gender relations; Nineteenth and twentieth century race relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N11 N51 Q10 Q19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/s41996-023-00124-0

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