Nutritional and socio-economic predictors of adult height in 152 world populations

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Nutritional and socio-economic predictors of adult height in 152 world populations

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Nutritional and socio-economic predictors of adult height in 152 world populations

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Economics & Human Biology

ISSN

1570-677X

e-ISSN

1873-6130

Svazek periodika

2020

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

37

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

1-23

Kód UT WoS článku

000528257800029

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85082829805