Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Foreword
- 2 Secular Changes in American and British Stature and Nutrition
- 3 Second Thoughts on the European Escape from Hunger
- 4 Trends in Physiological Capital
- 5 Changes in Disparities and Chronic Diseases through the Course of the Twentieth Century
- 6 Some Common Problems in Analysis and Measurement
- 7 Afterword
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Foreword
- 2 Secular Changes in American and British Stature and Nutrition
- 3 Second Thoughts on the European Escape from Hunger
- 4 Trends in Physiological Capital
- 5 Changes in Disparities and Chronic Diseases through the Course of the Twentieth Century
- 6 Some Common Problems in Analysis and Measurement
- 7 Afterword
- References
- Index
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- Explaining Long-Term Trends in Health and Longevity , pp. 161 - 174Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012