Growth during times of fear and emotional stress: Proceedings of the 28th Aschauer Soiree, held at Potsdam, Germany, and online, November 14th 2020

Christiane Scheffler; Alan D. Rogol; Mirela Iancu; Tomasz Hanc; Annang Giri Moelyo; Andrej Suchomlinov; Lidia Lebedeva; Yehuda Limony; Martin Musalek; Gudrun Veldre; Elena Z. Godina; Sylvia Kirchengast; Rebekka Mumm; Detlef Groth; Janina Tutkuviene; Sonja Böker; Basak Koca Ozer; Barbara Navazo; Laure Spake; Slawomir Koziel; Michael Hermanussen

doi:10.52905/hbph.v2.15

Authors

Christiane Scheffler University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Human Biology, Potsdam, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1954-7578
Alan D. Rogol University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-3142
Mirela Iancu Elias University Clinical Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0978-9832
Tomasz Hanc Institute of Human Biology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznan, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-4140
Annang Giri Moelyo Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Moewardi Hospital, Jalan Kolonel Soetarto 132, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9110-9161
Andrej Suchomlinov Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2341-4436
Lidia Lebedeva Volokolanykoesh 15/22 App 307, 125080 Moscow, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2084-6690
Yehuda Limony Oudat St. 48, Beer-Sheva 8481647 Israel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-0095
Martin Musalek Dept Kinanthropology and Humanities, Jose Mariho 31, 162 52 Prague 6 – Veleslavin, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1070-8304
Gudrun Veldre Department of Cardiology 51014 Tartu, Estonia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6327-2562
Elena Z. Godina Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Moscow, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-420X
Sylvia Kirchengast University of Vienna / Department for Evolutionary Anthropology, Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3220-7271
Rebekka Mumm University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Human Biology, Potsdam, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9081-0899
Detlef Groth University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Human Biology, Potsdam, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9441-3978
Janina Tutkuviene Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-6843
Sonja Böker University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Human Biology, Potsdam, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6963-2223
Basak Koca Ozer Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Dept. of Anthropology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3171-1599
Barbara Navazo Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ontogenia y Adaptación (LINOA).Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-0597
Laure Spake Religion Programme and Centre for Research on Evolution, Belief, and Behaviour, University of Otago, New Zealand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2243-7356
Slawomir Koziel Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0584-4427
Michael Hermanussen Aschauhof, 24340 Eckernförde Altenhof, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4037-1597

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v2.15

Keywords:

stunting, birth weight, fear, emotional stress, economy, SEPE

Abstract

Twenty-one scientists met for this year’s virtual conference on Auxology held at the University Potsdam, Germany, to discuss child and adolescent growth during times of fear and emotional stress. Growth within the broad range of normal for age and sex is considered a sign of good general health whereas fear and emotional stress can lead to growth faltering. Stunting is a sign of social disadvantage and poor parental education. Adverse childhood experiences affect child development, particularly in families with low parental education and low socioeconomic status. Negative effects were also shown in Indian children exposed prenatally and in early postnatal life to the cyclone Aila in 2009. Distrust, fears and fake news regarding the current Corona pandemic received particular attention though the effects generally appeared weak. Mean birth weight was higher; rates of low, very and extremely low birth weight were lower. Other topics discussed by the participants, were the influences of economic crises on birth weight, the measurement of self-confidence and its impact on growth, the associations between obesity, peer relationship, and behavior among Turkish adolescents, height trends in Indonesia, physiological neonatal weight loss, methods for assessing biological maturation in sportsmen, and a new method for skeletal age determination. The participants also discussed the association between acute myocardial infarction and somatotype in Estonia, rural-urban growth differences in Mongolian children, socio-environmental conditions and sexual dimorphism, biological mortality bias, and new statistical techniques for describing inhomogeneity in the association of bivariate variables, and for detecting and visualizing extensive interactions among variables.

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