| Literature DB >> 26413098 |
Robert W Fogel1, Nathaniel Grotte2.
Abstract
This paper discusses findings from The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700 (Cambridge University Press) The book is built on the authors' work with 300 years of height and nutrition data and discusses their findings in the context of technophysio evolution, a uniquely modern form of rapid physiological development, the result of humanity's ability to control its environment and create technological innovations to adapt to it.Entities:
Keywords: Health economics; Height; Nutrition
Year: 2011 PMID: 26413098 PMCID: PMC4583136 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeca.2011.02.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Econ Asymmetries ISSN: 1703-4949