National Bureau of Economic Research.
Author
Series
IMF working paper volume WP/06/280
Publisher
International Monetary Fund, Western Hemisphere Department
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists, human biologists and demographers have linked the changing size, shape and capability of the human body to economic and demographic change. This book presents an introduction to the field of anthropometric history, surveying the causes and consequences of changes in health...