Growth and Public Health Concerns: Proceedings of the 29th Aschauer Soiree, held at Krobielowice, Poland, November 20th 2021

Michael Hermanussen; Christiane Scheffler; Liza Wilke; Sonja Böker; Detlef Groth; Sylvia Kirchengast; Dominik Hagmann; Lidia Lebedeva; Elena Godina; Aleksandra Gomula; Jan M Konarski; Ayşegül Özdemir Başaran; Başak Koca Özer; Janina Tutkuviene; Simona Gervickaite; Dziugile Kersnauskaite; Slawomir Koziel

doi:10.52905/hbph2022.1.30

Authors

Michael Hermanussen Aschauhof 3, 24340 Eckernförde – Altenhof, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4037-1597
Christiane Scheffler University of Potsdam, Human Biology, 14469 Potsdam, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1954-7578
Liza Wilke University of Potsdam, Human Biology, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
Sonja Böker University of Potsdam, Human Biology, 14469 Potsdam, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6963-2223
Detlef Groth University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, 14476 Potsdam- Golm, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9441-3978
Sylvia Kirchengast University of Vienna/Institute for Anthropology, 1090 Vienna, Austria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3220-7271
Dominik Hagmann University of Vienna/Institute for Anthropology, 1090 Vienna, Austria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4481-6234
Lidia Lebedeva Public Opinion Foundation, Moscow, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2084-6690
Elena Godina Institute & Museum of Anthropology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 125009, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-420X
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
Jan M Konarski Poznań University of Physical Education, Department of Theory of Sport, Poznań, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1861-6201
Ayşegül Özdemir Başaran Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of Anthropology, Sub-Department of Physical Anthropology, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
Başak Koca Özer Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of Anthropology, Sub-Department of Physical Anthropology, 06100 Ankara, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3171-1599
Janina Tutkuviene Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-6843
Simona Gervickaite Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Dziugile Kersnauskaite Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8047-8001
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/hbph2022.1.30

Keywords:

dominance, prestige, nutrition, spatial difference, developmental tempo

Abstract

Seventeen scientists met for this year’s conference on Auxology held at Krobielowice castle, Poland, to discuss growth and public health concerns. The regulation of growth is complex and besides metabolic and endocrine components including hypothalamic releasing factors, growth hormone and multiple downstream effectors, comprises the full spectrum of the psychosocial, economic and emotional environment including signaling dominance, competence, prestige, or subordination and indulgence, all of this being sensitive to urban or rural lifestyle, the political climate and with marked plasticity throughout history. New statistical techniques (St. Nicolas House Analysis) are presented for analyzing anthropometric variables for public health concerns. The impact of spatial differences on developmental tempo, growth in height, and the prevalence of childhood obesity are discussed as well as the impact of social mobility on obesity, and the benefits of the biopsychosocial status when getting along with socio-economic disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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