Nutritional and socio-economic predictors of adult height in 152 world populations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14510%2F20%3A00115652" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14510/20:00115652 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X19300772" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X19300772</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100848" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100848</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Nutritional and socio-economic predictors of adult height in 152 world populations
Original language description
Height is one of the most sensitive indicators of well-being because it combines the external influences of nutrition, economic wealth, health care, social equality, and other important socio-economic factors. The aim of this ecological study was to compare actual values of male and female height from 152 populations (except sub-Saharan Africa) with the mean supply of 47 food items from the FAOSTAT database (1995-2013) and mean values of seven socio-economic indicators (1995-2013). This comparison shows that economic wealth at the country level is only a mediocre correlate of physical growth because it is only loosely associated with the quality of nutrition and it does not reflect the social distribution of wealth. In a multiple regression model, the best predictors of stature are protein sources of the best and worst quality, and total fertility (which critically influences the amount of resources expended per child). In summary, these findings indicate that irrespective of crude economic statistics, the choice of specific nutrient sources and small family size are crucial factors determining the optimal physical development of children. Based on our data, we also believe that current international dietary recommendations regarding protein intake and protein quality would deserve serious re-evaluation.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Economics & Human Biology
ISSN
1570-677X
e-ISSN
1873-6130
Volume of the periodical
2020
Issue of the periodical within the volume
37
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
1-23
UT code for WoS article
000528257800029
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85082829805