Since 1995 approximately 325 publications on stature have appeared in the social sciences,
which is more than a four-fold increase in the rate of production relative to the period 1977 …

A re-examination of the mechanism controlling eating, locomotion, and metabolism prompts
formulation of a new explanatory model containing five features: a coordinating joint role of …

This paper investigates the proposition made by contemporaries that women and children
disproportionately bore the brunt of industrialisation and urbanisation by examining how …

A limited amount of research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century
Americans. This paper uses Texas prison records to demonstrate that, in contrast to today's …

This chapter describes the rise, evolution, and durability of the new anthropometric history,
an interdisciplinary approach to assessing biological aspects of the standard of living in the …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and all‐cause
mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in an 80‐year‐old population. DESIGN: Cohort …

Results: Mean BMI of 19-year-old men in Switzerland increased in the 50 years between the
1870s and the 1930s by 0.80 kg/m 2 and between the 1930s and 2005 by 1.45 kg/m 2. The …

Results: Univariate analyses found, when compared with other BMI categories, underweight
individuals were significantly younger, more likely to smoke, alcohol abstainers, inactive …

This paper reviews recent literature using stature and weight as measures of human welfare
with a particular interest in cliometric or historical research. We begin with an overview of …

This paper examines internal migrant selection in Italy using individual height data from the
1951 and 1980 birth cohorts of military conscripts. Information on both place of birth and …