Growth, Nutrition and Economy: Proceedings of the 27th Aschauer Soiree, held at Krobielowice, Poland, November 16th 2019

Michael Hermanussen; Christiane Scheffler; Michael Hermanussen; Detlef Groth; James G. Waxmonsky; James Swanson; Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska; Aleksandra Gomula; Anna Apanasewicz; Jan M. Konarski; Robert M. Malina; Sylwia Bartkowiak; Lidia Lebedeva; Andrej Suchomlinov; Vsevolod Konstantinov; Werner Blum; Yehuda Limony; Raja Chakraborty; Sylvia Kirchengast; Janina Tutkuviene; Egle Marija Jakimaviciene; Ramune Cepuliene; Daniel Franken; Bárbara Navazo; Annang G. Moelyo; Takashi Satake; Slawomir Koziel

doi:10.52905/hbph.v1.1

Authors

Michael Hermanussen Aschauhof 3, 24340 Eckernförde – Altenhof, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4037-1597
Christiane Scheffler University of Potsdam, Human Biology https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1954-7578
Michael Hermanussen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4037-1597
Detlef Groth University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
James G. Waxmonsky Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
James Swanson Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92617, USA
Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska Department of Anthropology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 50–449 Wroclaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2774-992X
Aleksandra Gomula Department of Anthropology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 50–449 Wroclaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2206-1659
Anna Apanasewicz Department of Anthropology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 50–449 Wroclaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-5043
Jan M. Konarski Poznań University of Physical Education, Department of Theory of Sport, Poznań, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1861-6201
Robert M. Malina Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9402-0648
Sylwia Bartkowiak Poznan University of Physical Education https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-0678
Lidia Lebedeva Public Opinion Foundation, Moscow, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2084-6690
Andrej Suchomlinov Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vsevolod Konstantinov Department of General Psychology, Penza State University, Penza, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-3195
Werner Blum
Yehuda Limony https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-0095
Raja Chakraborty Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya, Bongaon, West Bengal, India 743235 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9060-9471
Sylvia Kirchengast University of Vienna/Institute for Anthropology, 1090 Vienna, Austria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3220-7271
Janina Tutkuviene Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Egle Marija Jakimaviciene Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Ramune Cepuliene Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Daniel Franken Economic and Social History Department, University of Groningen, 9712 EK Groningen, The Netherlands
Bárbara Navazo Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ontogenia y Adaptación (LINOA). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-0597
Annang G. Moelyo Moewardi Hospital, Jalan Kolonel Soetarto 132, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9110-9161
Takashi Satake National Institute of Health and Nutrition & Otsuma Women’s University, 522–6, Mabashi, Matsudo, Chiba 271–0051, Japan
Slawomir Koziel Department of Anthropology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 50–449 Wroclaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0584-4427

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v1.1

Keywords:

nutrition, stunting, socioeconomy, education, secular changes, pubertal timing

Abstract

Twenty-three scientists met at Krobielowice, Poland to discuss the role of growth, nutrition and economy on body size. Contrasting prevailing concepts, re-analyses of studies in Indonesian and Guatemalan school children with high prevalence of stunting failed to provide evidence for an association between nutritional status and body height. Direct effects of parental education on growth that were not transmitted via nutrition were shown in Indian datasets using network analysis and novel statistical methods (St. Nicolas House Analysis) that translate correlation matrices into network graphs. Data on Polish children suggest significant impact of socioeconomic sensitivity on child growth, with no effect of maternal money satisfaction. Height and maturation tempo affect the position of a child among its peers. Correlations also exist between mood disorders and height. Secular changes in height and weight varied across decades independent of population size. Historic and recent Russian data showed that height of persons whose fathers performed manual work were on average four cm shorter than persons whose fathers were high-degree specialists. Body height, menarcheal age, and body proportions are sensitive to socioeconomic variables. Additional topics included delayed motherhood and its associations with newborn size; geographic and socioeconomic indicators related to low birth weight, prematurity and stillbirth rate; data on anthropometric history of Brazil, 1850-1950; the impact of central nervous system stimulants on the growth of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; and pituitary development and growth hormone secretion. Final discussions debated on reverse causality interfering between social position, and adolescent growth and developmental tempo.

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