Before the Obesity Epidemic: The Body Mass Index of Canadians in the First and Second World Wars (2016)
John Cranfield (Author)
Kris Inwood (Author)
Ross, Andrew (Author)
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Volume: 32
Issue: 2
Pages: 319-335
Enlistment medical examinations indicate that Canadian soldiers inthe Second World War had a lower Body Mass Index (BMI), or weight adjustedfor height, than soldiers in the First World War. This evidence, if representative of Canadian society more generally, implies either that the long-run trend to increasing obesity in Canada did not begin until after 1945 or that the generation that came of age between 1914–1939 had particularly challenging socio-economic experiences. The patterns visible for Quebec differ insofar as BMI was initially lower and remained roughly the same from one war to the other.
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