Auxology
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Auxology, sometimes called Auxanology (from Greek αὔξω, auxō, or αὐξάνω, auxanō, "grow"; and -λογία, -logia), is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth (though it is also a fundamental of biology, generally speaking). Auxology is a highly multi-disciplinary science involving health sciences / medicine (pediatrics, general practice, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, epidemiology), and to a lesser extent: nutrition, genetics, anthropology, anthropometry, ergonomics, history, economic history, economics, socioeconomics, sociology, public health and psychology, among others.
[edit] Some auxologists
- Joerg Baten [1] (economist, anthropometric historian)
- Barry Bogin [2] (anthropologist)
- Noel Cameron [3] (pediatrician, anthropologist)
- J. W. Drukker [4] (economist, historian, ergonomist)
- Stanley Engerman [5] (economist)
- Robert Fogel [6] (economist)
- Theo Gasser [7] (statistician, human biologist)
- Michael Healy (statistician)
- Michael Hermanussen [8] (pediatrician, human biologist)
- Francis E. Johnston [9] (anthropologist)
- John Komlos [10] (economist, anthropometric historian)
- Gregory Livshits [11] (human biologist)
- Robert Margo [12] (economist)
- Alex F. Roche [13] (pediatrician)
- Lawrence M. Schell [14] (anthropologist)
- Nevin Scrimshaw [15] (nutritionist)
- Anne Sheehy (human biologist)
- Richard Steckel [16] (economist, anthropometric historian)
- Pak Sunyoung [17] (anthropologist)
- James M. Tanner [18] (pediatrician)
- Vincent Tassenaar [19] (historian)
- Lucio Vinicius [20] (anthropologist, human biologist)
[edit] See also
- Anthropometric history
- Human biology
- Human development (biology)
- Human height
- Human weight
- Human variability
- Malnutrition
- Nature versus nurture
- Population health
- Quality of life
- Social determinants of health and Social epidemiology
- Socioeconomics
- Standard of living
- Rod Usher
[edit] External links
- International Association for Human Auxology
- A Tall Story for Our Time (Time Magazine)
- Tall Tales: New Approaches to the Standard of Living (Oberlin Alumni Magazine)
- The tall and short of it - range of heights in human demonstrates plasticity of human species (Discover)
