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Are we done getting taller?
Trends in height and growth in Switzerland over the past 200 years are analysed. We combine monitoring data (size at birth, schoolchildren, conscripts) as well as survey and family data. Of interest are inter-generational effects as well as socioeconomic/regional differences.
Monitoring temporal changes and the variability of body size and shape among a given populations and its subgroups provides insight into health status in general, and helps to identify groups at risk in particular. In our research we add the evolutionary perspective (the past) to modern data in order to better understand ongoing developments. Trends in height and growth in Switzerland (and other countries) over the past 200 years are analysed. Thereby, we combine monitoring data (size at birth, schoolchildren, conscripts) as well as survey and family data. Of particluar interest are inter-generational effects as well as socioeconomic/regional differences.
Monitoring temporal changes and the variability of body size and shape among a given populations and its subgroups provides insight into health status in general, and helps to identify groups at risk in particular. In our research we add the evolutionary perspective (the past) to modern data in order to better understand ongoing developments. Trends in height and growth in Switzerland (and other countries) over the past 200 years are analysed. Thereby, we combine monitoring data (size at birth, schoolchildren, conscripts) as well as survey and family data. Of particluar interest are inter-generational effects as well as socioeconomic/regional differences.
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PD Dr. Kaspar Staub, Head Anthropometrics and Scanlab Group, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, kaspar.staub@iem.uzh.ch, +41 44 635 05 13, https://www.iem.uzh.ch/en/research/anthropometrics_scanlab_group_staub.html
PD Dr. Kaspar Staub, Head Anthropometrics and Scanlab Group, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, kaspar.staub@iem.uzh.ch, +41 44 635 05 13, https://www.iem.uzh.ch/en/research/anthropometrics_scanlab_group_staub.html