NDLI: Adult height and childhood disease

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Author	Bozzoli, Carlos Deaton, Angus Quintana Domeque, Climent
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Taller populations are typically richer populations, and taller individuals live longer and earn more. In consequence, adult height has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between health and wealth. We investigate the childhood determinants of population adult height, focusing on the respective roles of income and of disease. Across a range of European countries and the United States, we find a strong inverse relationship between postneonatal (ages 1 month to 1 year) mortality, interpreted as a measure of the disease and nutritional burden in childhood, and the mean height of those children as adults. Consistent with these findings, we develop a model of selection and stunting in which the early-life burden of undernutrition and disease not only is responsible for mortality in childhood but also leaves a residue of long-term health risks for survivors, risks that express themselves in adult height and in late-life disease. The model predicts that at sufficiently high mortality levels, selection can dominate scarring, leaving a taller population of survivors. We find evidence of this effect in the poorest and highest-mortality countries of the world, supplementing recent findings on the effects of the Great Chinese Famine.
Starting Page	647
Ending Page	669
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00703370
Journal	Demography
Volume Number	46
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15337790
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2009-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Demography Sociology Population Economics Medicine/Public Health Geography (general)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography

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