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This collection brings together important and influential articles
and papers on different aspects of the history and health of
welfare. It includes classic and more recent essays on the origins
and nature of mortality decline; the early-life origins of adult
health and disease; changes in height, weight and body mass; the
definition of measurement of the 'standard of living'; and the
economic and social impact of health improvements.
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 fascinating and groundbreaking book presents an
accessible introduction to the field of anthropometric history,
surveying the causes and consequences of changes in health and
mortality, diet and the disease environment in Europe and the
United States since 1700. It examines how we define and measure
health and nutrition as well as key issues such as whether
increased longevity contributes to greater productivity or,
instead, imposes burdens on society through the higher costs of
healthcare and pensions. The result is a major contribution to
economic and social history with important implications for today's
developing world and the health trends of the future.
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 fascinating and groundbreaking book presents an
accessible introduction to the field of anthropometric history,
surveying the causes and consequences of changes in health and
mortality, diet and the disease environment in Europe and the
United States since 1700. It examines how we define and measure
health and nutrition as well as key issues such as whether
increased longevity contributes to greater productivity or,
instead, imposes burdens on society through the higher costs of
healthcare and pensions. The result is a major contribution to
economic and social history with important implications for today's
developing world and the health trends of the future.
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