The role of nutrition and genetics as key determinants of the positive height trend

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-100

  Grasgruber, P ^a   Cacek, J ^a   Kalina, T ^a   Sebera, M ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Europe; GDP per capita; Genetics; Male height; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN; GENETIC MARKER; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEEF; BODY HEIGHT; CEREAL; CHEESE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CRUSTACEA; DATA BASE; EGG; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; FRUIT; GENETIC MARKER; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROWTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; LEGUME; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PORK; POTATO; POULTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RICE; SEA FOOD; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VEGETABLE; WESTERN EUROPE; WHEAT; Y CHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; DIET; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; MORPHOMETRICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920029578     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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