1 BMI and Health Evidence from the Union Army Records*. Claudia Linares ** and Dejun Su *** CENTER FOR POPULATION ECONOMICS 1101 East 58 th Street Chicago, IL 60637 April, 2004 (First draft) * Prepared for NBER Early Indicators of Later Work Levels, Disease and Death and Cohort Studies Group Joint Meeting, April 23-24, Salt Lake City . The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Center for Population Economics. We would like to thanks Prof. R. W. Fogel, W. Troesken, L. F. Medina, P. Canavese, J. Birchenal and other CPE members for helpful comments. ** CPE Graduate Research Assistant, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. M.A. International Relations, San Francisco State University. *** CPE Graduate Research Assistant, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. Fifth year student in the Ph. D. in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago.