Advanced students and research workers in a wide variety of disciplines, including population genetics, demography, anthropology and social geography will find this book particularly valuable in relating their own special interests to other ...
This volume brings together much new evidence and methodology from an international group of scientists.
Looks at variation in human fertility in relation to nutrition, physical activity and disease.
The use of anthropometry in assessments of body composition, physical performance and fitness is also discussed. The book will be of interest to graduates and researchers in human biology, anthropology and nutrition.
... 99; child, 100, 185, 187, 190; delays, 100; differences, 102-3; environmental growth factor, 11, 246; growth data, 173; infant, 187; intrinsic, 136-7, 140, 148; intrinsic local, 138; longitudinal, 173; of Hawaiian-born Japanese, 98; ...
New features to this edition include: A new chapter (Ch. 11) onSchool-Age Literacy Development.