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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages 801-840Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2010.00643.x
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Anthropometric history; Biological standard of living; Height; Obesity; Physical stature; Well-being
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This paper reviews recent literature using stature and weight as measures of human welfare with a particular interest in cliometric or historical research. We begin with an overview of anthropometric evidence of living standards and the new but fast-growing field of anthropometric history. This literature is always implicitly and often explicitly longitudinal in nature. We then discuss (i) systematic empirical research into the relationship between conditions in early life and later life health and mortality and (ii) historical evidence on the relationship between body mass, morbidity and mortality. We conclude with a discussion of the importance of historical sources and understandings to health economics and population health.
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