Adult height, nutrition, and population health

JM Perkins, SV Subramanian, G Davey Smith… - Nutrition …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In this review, the potential causes and consequences of adult height, a measure of
cumulative net nutrition, in modern populations are summarized. The mechanisms linking …

Divergent associations of height with cardiometabolic disease and cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and global implications

N Stefan, HU Häring, FB Hu… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Among chronic non-communicable diseases, cardiometabolic diseases and cancer are the
most important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although high BMI and waist …

The great escape: health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

A Deaton - 2024 - torrossa.com
THE GREAT ESCAPE is a movie about men escaping from a prisoner-ofwar camp in World
War II. The Great Escape of this book is the story of mankind's escaping from deprivation and …

A century of trends in adult human height

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We
reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 …

Estimated Effects of Future Atmospheric Concentrations on Protein Intake and the Risk of Protein Deficiency by Country and Region

DE Medek, J Schwartz, SS Myers - Environmental Health …, 2017 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Crops grown under elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations (eCO 2) contain
less protein. Crops particularly affected include rice and wheat, which are primary sources of …

[图书][B] Cultural anthropology: The human challenge

WA Haviland, HEL Prins, B McBride, D Walrath - 2017 - academia.edu
It is a challenge to make sense of who we are. Where did we come from? Why are we so
radically different from other animals and so surprisingly similar to others? Why do our …

[HTML][HTML] The role of nutrition and genetics as key determinants of the positive height trend

P Grasgruber, J Cacek, T Kalina, M Sebera - Economics & Human Biology, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to identify the most important variables determining current
differences in physical stature in Europe and some of its overseas offshoots such as …

Shoulder height, body mass, and shape of proboscideans

A Larramendi - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2015 - BioOne
In recent decades there has been a growing interest in proboscideans' body size, given that
mass is highly correlated with biological functions. Different allometric equations have been …

Malnutrition: global economic losses attributable to malnutrition 1900–2000 and projections to 2050

S Horton, RH Steckel - How Much Have Global Problems Cost …, 2013 - books.google.com
The two-way link between improved nutrition and higher income is well known. Higher
income allows people to obtain a more varied and nutritious diet. Higher income is …

The economic effects of the abolition of serfdom: Evidence from the Russian Empire

A Markevich, E Zhuravskaya - American Economic Review, 2018 - aeaweb.org
We document substantial increases in agricultural productivity, industrial output, and
peasants' nutrition in Imperial Russia as a result of the abolition of serfdom in 1861. Before …