ABSTRACT

When traditional methods for measuring economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, heights and BMIs are now well-accepted measurements that represent biological conditions during economic development. Weight, after controlling for height, is an additional measure for current net nutrition. Little is known about how weights varied among Mexicans living in the nineteenth century American West. Between 1870 and 1920, average Mexican weight was low and remained constant. Mexican farmers had the heaviest weights, and unskilled worker weights were low. Weight of Mexican-born individuals were higher than Mexicans born in the United States at low weights but lower at high weights. For combined characteristics, weight varied the most with age, an uncontrollable characteristic, indicating that nineteenth century Mexican current net nutrition varied the most with factors over which they had no control.

摘要

当传统的测量经济福利的方法很少或不可靠时，身高和BMI现已成为可以接受的代表经济发展过程中生物学状况的测量。控制身高后的体重是当前净营养的另一项指标。对于生活在19世纪美国西部的墨西哥人的体重变化情况知之甚少。在1870年至1920年之间，墨西哥的平均体重很低并且保持恒定。墨西哥农民的体重最重，而非熟练工人的体重很低。在低体重时，墨西哥出生的人的体重高于在美国出生的墨西哥人，但在高体重时则较低。对于综合特征，体重随年龄变化最大，这是无法控制的特征，