ANT338H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Baffin Island, Franz Boas, Anthropometry
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Human growth assessment: child - measurements are described as "child growth" and "nutritional status, adults - measurements are described as "nutritional status" since growth is largely complete after age 25 in males and age 20 in females. History of growth measurement: compte de buffon"s histoire naturelle 1778, measured growth of de montebeillard"s son- height measured over 6 month intervals. Introduced new way of describing growth, tendency to be rapid or slow (not uniform) - termed "tempo of growth" Velocity curve: produced by plotting change in height (cm) against age (years, while actual growth measures and the resulting achieved stature may be different, the height velocity curve is. Longitudinal: same child at each age is used, laborious and time consuming, demands high technical standards. Lampl"s lab studies confirm this is also the pattern for human infants and children saltations underlie the "growing pains" experienced by some children. In infancy, average height increments range from 4-20 mm during 24 hours.
