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The Height and Weight of West Point Cadets: Dietary Change in Antebellum America

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John Komlos () (The Institute of Economic History, Department of Economics, University of Munich)

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Examines the height and weight of West Point Cadets in the 19th Century and finds that their height was declining in the Antebellum Period. Confirms earlier findings based on Union Army soldiers. Finds also that the cadets were quite underweight by modern standards.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Munich in its series Articles by John Komlos with number 32.

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Publication status: published in Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, 897-927
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Keywords: height; weight; dietary change; Antebellum period; America;

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N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income, and Wealth - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913

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