Secular growth changes in the Hellenic population in the twentieth century

Anastasios Papadimitriou, Dimitrios Chiotis, Georgios Tsiftis, Maria Hatzisimeon, Maria Maniati, Xenofon Krikos, Anastasia Tzonou, Catherine Dacou-Voutetakis

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Statural growth is dependent on hereditary and environmental factors, i.e disease, nutrition. The improvement of socioeconomic conditions that took place during the 20th century resulted in a secular trend towards greater height and earlier sexual maturation. Greek society has changed dramatically from a mainly agricultural society …

Secular trends in growth of African Pygmies and Bantu

Paola Travaglino, Cristina Meazza, Sara Pagani, Giada Biddeci, Mauro Bozzola

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate whether a secular trend in growth occurred during the last century in Pygmies from Cameroon (West Pygmies) and in Bantu rural farmers, the latter being studied to serve as controls. DESIGN: The evolution in height of West Pygmies and Bantu farmers from 1911 to 2006 was evaluated using data from the literature …