TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hermanussen, Michael
A1  - Lieberman, Leslie Su
A1  - Janewa, V. Schoenfeld
A1  - Scheffler, Christiane
A1  - Ghosh, Arunava
A1  - Bogin, Barry
A1  - Godina, Elena
A1  - Kaczmarek, M.
A1  - El-Shabrawi, M.
A1  - Salama, E. E.
A1  - Rühli, Frank J.
A1  - Staub, Kaspar
A1  - Woitek, U.
A1  - Blaha, Pawel
A1  - Aßmann, Christian
A1  - van Buuren, Stef
A1  - Lehmann, A.
A1  - Satake, T.
A1  - Thodberg, H. H.
A1  - Jopp, E.
A1  - Kirchengast, S.
A1  - Tutkuviene, J.
A1  - McIntyre, M. H.
A1  - Wittwer-Backofen, U.
A1  - Boldsen, Jesper L.
A1  - Martin, D. D.
A1  - Meier, J.
T1  - Diversity in auxology between theory and practice
JF  - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie
N2  - 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.
KW  - child growth
KW  - adolescent growth
KW  - child development
KW  - height
KW  - weight
KW  - body mass
KW  - socio-economic environment
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-5548/2012/0133
SN  - 0003-5548
VL  - 69
IS  - 2
SP  - 159
EP  - 174
PB  - Schweizerbart
CY  - Stuttgart
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Friebel, Francis
A1  - Hermanussen, Michael
A1  - Scheffler, Christiane
T1  - Popular ideas and convictions about factors influencing the growth as well as the adult height of children
BT  - a German-French comparison
JF  - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie
N2  - 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.
KW  - nutrition
KW  - genetics
KW  - health
KW  - environmental and general living conditions
KW  - child growth
KW  - adolescent growth
KW  - final height
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2019/0972
SN  - 0003-5548
VL  - 76
IS  - 5
SP  - 365
EP  - 370
PB  - Schweizerbart
CY  - Stuttgart
ER  -