@article{FriebelHermanussenScheffler2019,
  author    = {Friebel, Francis and Hermanussen, Michael and Scheffler, Christiane},
  title     = {Popular ideas and convictions about factors influencing the growth as well as the adult height of children},
  series = {Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Anthropologie},
  volume    = {76},
  journal   = {Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Anthropologie},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Schweizerbart},
  address   = {Stuttgart},
  issn      = {0003-5548},
  doi       = {10.1127/anthranz/2019/0972},
  pages     = {365 -- 370},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Common knowledge suggests that growth in height is influenced by nutrition, genetics, health, and environmental and general living conditions. In addition, modern studies showed that also social mobility and dominance within the social group, may significantly affect adolescent growth and final height. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of popular ideas and beliefs about factors influencing the growth on the biology of child and adolescent growth. We hypothesized that these beliefs are culture-specific and age-dependent. We investigated 307 French and 315 German participants of all age-groups. We collected polarising statements by questionnaire that the participants had to agree or disagree on. French participants see a connection between nutrition and the body height of children. This is different in Germany and may be due to the fact that French food culture is more traditional. Genetic factors were generally overestimated and considered as the most important determinants of longitudinal-growth. The participants denied an influence of disease and social status. Participants over 35 years of age considered adult height to be independent of environmental factors. In conclusion, popular beliefs partly depend on culture and appear to change with age as a result of growing experience.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HermanussenLiebermanJanewaetal.2012,
  author    = {Hermanussen, Michael and Lieberman, Leslie Su and Janewa, V. Schoenfeld and Scheffler, Christiane and Ghosh, Arunava and Bogin, Barry and Godina, Elena and Kaczmarek, M. and El-Shabrawi, M. and Salama, E. E. and R{\"u}hli, Frank J. and Staub, Kaspar and Woitek, U. and Blaha, Pawel and Aßmann, Christian and van Buuren, Stef and Lehmann, A. and Satake, T. and Thodberg, H. H. and Jopp, E. and Kirchengast, S. and Tutkuviene, J. and McIntyre, M. H. and Wittwer-Backofen, U. and Boldsen, Jesper L. and Martin, D. D. and Meier, J.},
  title     = {Diversity in auxology between theory and practice},
  series = {Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Anthropologie},
  volume    = {69},
  journal   = {Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Anthropologie},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Schweizerbart},
  address   = {Stuttgart},
  issn      = {0003-5548},
  doi       = {10.1127/0003-5548/2012/0133},
  pages     = {159 -- 174},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Auxology has developed from mere describing child and adolescent growth into a vivid and interdisciplinary research area encompassing human biologists, physicians, social scientists, economists and biostatisticians. The meeting illustrated the diversity in auxology, with the various social, medical, biological and biostatistical aspects in studies on child growth and development.},
  language  = {en}
}