Browsing by Subject "Biological well-being"

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    Biological Well-Being during the ¿Economic Miracle¿ in Spain: Height, Weight and Body Mass Index of Conscripts in the City of Madrid, 1955¿1974
    Martinez Carrion, J. M.; Sánchez-García, E.; Terán, Jose Manuel; Varea, Carlos; Economía Aplicada
    Typifying historical populations using anthropometric indicators such as height, BMI and weight allows for an analysis of the prevalence of obesity and malnutrition. This study evaluates secular changes in height, weight and body mass for men cohorts at 21 years old, born between 1934 and 1954 who were called up between 1955 and 1974, in the city of Madrid, Spain. In this study we prove the hypothesis that anthropometric variables increase thanks to improvement in diet and significant investments in hygiene and health infrastructure during the 1960s. The results of our analysis show a positive secular change in the trends for height (an increase of 4.67 cm), weight (6.400 kg) and BMI (0.90 Kg/m2), the result of a recovery in standards of living following the war and the autarchy of the 1940s. We also observed a slight trend towards obesity and a reduction in underweight categories at the end of the period is also observed. In conclusion, the secular trends of anthropometric variables in the city of Madrid reflect the recovery of living standards after the deterioration of the nutritional status suffered during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and the deprivation of the autarchic period.
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    Salud, ambiente y bienestar biológico : la estatura en el municipio de Cartagena (siglo XIX).
    (Murcia : Editora Regional de Murcia, 2004) Martínez Carrión, José Miguel; Editora Regional de Murcia
    Este artículo analiza las tallas de los mozos del término municipal de Cartagena en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX con el objetivo de explorar las relaciones entre el bienestar biológico y los contextos ambientales. Destaca que la estatura fue sensible a la coyuntura económica y demográfica y al medio ambiente que conocieron los mozos en sus distintos contextos ecológicos. El impacto del trabajo infantil, las enfermedades y los ambientes que respiraron fueron decisivos en la evolución de las tallas, cuyos comportamientos en general muestran unos bajos niveles de vida hasta las generaciones de finales de la centuria. Los resultados muestran, además, que la estatura es un proxy adecuado para medir la desigualdad social en los distintos contextos ecológicos.