This article analyses the effects of occupational mobility on biological well-being from a long-
term perspective. While it is well known that occupation and heights were closely related in …

This chapter reviews the literature and the main findings obtained by historiography in
recent decades with respect to the study of biological standards of living, anthropometry and …

This article analyses the relationship between male height and age at death and its
evolution over time among conscripts born in fourteen villages in north-east rural Spain. A …

Socioeconomic inequalities and their evolution in different historical contexts have been
widely studied. However, some of their dimensions remain relatively unexplored, such as …

This article studies the evolution of nutritional inequality, measured through the male adult
height, in one of the poorest regions of Spain, in southwestern Europe: Extremadura. With a …

Anthropometric studies have given much attention to the impact of industrialization and
urbanization on the biological standards of living of urban populations. Instead, we know …

After four decades of research in anthropometric history, the use of human stature to
measure changes in standards of living and inequality has become widespread among …

This article aims to assess the impact of autarchic policies on the biological dimensions of
human well-being during Francoist regime in Spain. This is done by examining the …

We studied the trends of height-for-age (HAZ) Z scores by socioeconomic status (SES)
groups of Chilean boys and girls aged 5–18 born between 1877 and 2001, by performing a …

Adult height is the most commonly used biological indicator to evaluate material and
emotional conditions in which people grew up, allowing the analysis of secular trends …