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.

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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

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