The changing body : health, nutrition, and human development in the western world since 1700 /
Roderick Floud ... [et al.]
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- xxvi, 431 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- NBER series on long-term factors in economic development New approaches to economic and social history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-422) and index.
Our changing bodies: 300 years of technophysio evolution -- Investigating the interaction of biological, demographic, and economic variables from fragmentary data -- The analysis of long-term trends in nutritional status, mortality, and economic growth -- Technophysio evolution and human health in England and Wales since 1700 -- Height, health, and mortality in continental Europe, 1700-2100 -- The American experience of technophysio evolution.
9780521705615 (pbk.) 0521705614 (pbk.) 0521879752 9780521879750
2011499012
Anthropometry--Western countries.
Health--History.
Nutrition--History.--Europe
Nutrition--History.--United States
Human beings--History.--Europe
Human beings--History.--United States
Mortality--history.
Life Expectancy--trends
Life Expectancy--history.
Nutrition Surveys.
Anthropometrie
Westliche Welt
GN51 / .C45 2011
599.94091821 / C45687
Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-422) and index.
Our changing bodies: 300 years of technophysio evolution -- Investigating the interaction of biological, demographic, and economic variables from fragmentary data -- The analysis of long-term trends in nutritional status, mortality, and economic growth -- Technophysio evolution and human health in England and Wales since 1700 -- Height, health, and mortality in continental Europe, 1700-2100 -- The American experience of technophysio evolution.
9780521705615 (pbk.) 0521705614 (pbk.) 0521879752 9780521879750
2011499012
Anthropometry--Western countries.
Health--History.
Nutrition--History.--Europe
Nutrition--History.--United States
Human beings--History.--Europe
Human beings--History.--United States
Mortality--history.
Life Expectancy--trends
Life Expectancy--history.
Nutrition Surveys.
Anthropometrie
Westliche Welt
GN51 / .C45 2011
599.94091821 / C45687