The changing body : health, nutrition, and human development in the western world since 1700 / Roderick Floud ... [et al.]
Contributor(s): Floud, Roderick
| National Bureau of Economic Research.
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TextSeries: Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: xxvi, 431 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780521705615 (pbk.); 0521705614 (pbk.); 0521879752; 9780521879750.Subject(s): Anthropometry -- Western countries | Health -- History | Nutrition -- Europe -- History | Nutrition -- United States -- History | Human beings -- Europe -- History | Human beings -- United States -- History | Mortality -- history | Life Expectancy -- trends | Life Expectancy -- history | Nutrition Surveys | Anthropometrie | Westliche WeltDDC classification: 599.94091821 Other classification: 8 | NW 3200 | WU 3200 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.