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Eight thousand years of economic and political history in Latin America revealed by anthropometry

KEEP, R., BOGIN,, B.·1999·Annals of Human Biology
DOI 10.1080/030144699282651
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Human growth in height may be used as a cumulative record of the nutritional and health history of a person or a population, and often reflects the economic, social and political environment in which those people live. This paper explores the relationship between growth in height and the economic, social and political environment in Latin American populations. Adult height is analysed over an 8250 year period. It is shown that economic, social and political change prior to the European conquest of the Americas resulted in positive and negative trends in mean stature. Following the European conquest, there was a decline in mean adult stature in Middle and South America that continued until about 1939. From 1940 to 1989 there was a trend for increasing mean stature. A negative trend in stature for children is found in a second analysis. Economic decline and political unrest in Guatemala since 1978 is associated with a significant decline in the mean stature of 10- and 11-year-old children from families from very high, moderate, and very low socioeconomic status.

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  • These patterns in the Bolivian Amazon contrasts with those observed elsewhere, where in the span of only a few decades, intense market integration has led to changes in body size, activity, and risk factors for chronic disease.

    “These patterns in the Bolivian Amazon contrasts with those observed elsewhere, where in the span of only a few decades, intense market integration has led to changes in body size, activity, and risk factors for chronic disease [16], [51], [52], [53].”

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Authors
KEEP, R., & BOGIN
Affiliations
University of Michigan–Dearborn (US)
ORCID
Venue
Annals of Human Biology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1999-01
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
333-351
ISSN
  • 0301-4460 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-5033
DOI
10.1080/030144699282651
OpenAlex
W2105770683
Cited by
131
References
36
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 9
FWCI
3.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annals of Human Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
Keywords
adult height, child height, anthropometry, economic history, political history, nutritional history, medical history, socioeconomic status, Guatemala, conquest of the Americas, political unrest
MeSH terms
Adult, Anthropometry, Archaeology, Body Height, Child, Female, Growth, Humans, Indians, Central American, Indians, South American, Latin America, Male, Politics, Socioeconomic Factors, Warfare, History, 15th Century, History, 16th Century, History, 17th Century, History, 18th Century, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, History, Ancient, History, Medieval

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