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.
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