Leg Length, Body Proportion, Health and Beauty1

Bogin, Barry

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“…Согласно общепризнанному мнению, различия по этому признаку в первую очередь свидетельствуют о влиянии условий среды на ростовые процессы в предпубертатный период онтогенеза. Относительное укорочение ног и удлинение туловища могут служить показателями неблагоприятных условий роста [Bogin, Varela-Silva, 2010].…”

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Patterns of Growth and Development in Urban and Rural Children of the Northern Part of European Russia

Godina

Khomyakova

Zadorozhnaya

2017

Arheol. ètnogr. antropol. Evrazii

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Особенности ростов ых процессов у городского и сельского населения севера европейской части России* В 2009-2010 гг. было проведено комплексное антропологическое обследование ок. 2 000 детей обоего пола в возрасте от 7 до 17 лет в г. Архангельске и селах Архангельской обл. Полученные материалы сравнивали с данными 1988-1989 гг. (1 500 детей того же возраста), собранными теми же авторами в тех же населенных пунктах, по тем же антропологическим методикам. Программа обследования включала ок. 50 измерительных и описательных признаков; определение биологического возраста и типа конституции; анкетирование (сведения о профессии и образовании родителей, количестве детей в семье и др.). Вычислялись длины сегментов тела и конечностей, индекс массы тела. Проводились процедура нормирования, дисперсионный анализ обобщенных данных (one-way ANOVA). Исследованием установлено, что дети из Архангельска несколько превосходят своих сверстников из сельской местности по длине тела, практически не отличаются от них по обхвату груди, массе тела и ее индексу. Современные городские и сельские школьники превосходят детей, обследованных в 1988 г., по длине и массе тела, обхвату груди. У них отмечено изменение пропорций в сторону увеличения длины корпуса, уменьшения плечевого и увеличения тазового диаметра. Выявлено достоверное возрастание обхватных размеров и показателей подкожного жироотложения, а также сближение физических характеристик горожан и сельских жителей по ряду признаков. Результаты проведенного исследования свидетельствуют о продолжающихся процессах секулярного тренда у жителей Архангельской обл.Ключевые слова: антропология, процессы роста и развития, сельские и городские школьники, Архангельская область, секулярные изменения.Two thousand children and adolescents of both sexes aged 7-17 were studied in 2009-2010 in Arkhangelsk and several villages of the Arkhangelsk Region. Results were compared with data on 1500 children of the same age collected by the same authors in the same area in [1988][1989]. The program included some 50 metric and descriptive characteristics, biological age estimates, and somatotyping. We collected data on parental education and occupation, number of children per family, etc. Lengths of body segments and extremities, body mass index (BMI), and certain other indices were calculated. Statistical analysis included standardization of data and one-way ANOVA. Urban children were shown to be slightly taller than their rural peers but did not differ from them in weight, chest circumference or BMI. Modern children, both urban and rural, showed larger stature, weight, and chest circumference compared to those measured in 1988. Signifi cant changes in body proportions were found in modern children: they had longer trunks, smaller shoulder breadth, and larger pelvic breadth. Also, signifi cant increase in limb circumferences and subcutaneous fat was found. Modern urban and rural children were closer to each other in most physical characteristics than were their peers of the previous generation. The results can b...

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Patterns of Growth and Development in Urban and Rural Children of the Northern Part of European Russia

Godina

Khomyakova

Zadorozhnaya

2017

Arheol. ètnogr. antropol. Evrazii

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“…Life history theory integrated with a biocultural approach indicated that early reproductive maturity results in a growth trade-off and short stature in a sample of adult women in the U.S. (Rivara and Madrigal 2019). Leg length and other body dimensions relative to height among individuals are used as proxy of early life environmental conditions that influence physical growth in children (Bogin 2012;Bogin and Varela-Silva 2010). Shorter relative subischial leg length (RSLL) is a marker that indicates negative impacts of adverse environmental conditions on physical growth in early childhood; infection, disease burden, poor nutrition, and chronic energy deficiency may result in growth trade-off with respect to absolute size and relative body dimensions (Bogin and Varela-Silva 2010).…”

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Association of early menarche with elevated BMI, lower body height and relative leg length among 14- to 16-year-old post-menarcheal girls from a Maya community in Yucatan, Mexico

Banik

2022

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Human body segments have different timing and tempo of growth. Early menarche (EM) as an indicator of early reproductive maturity results in a shortened height and leg length. Relatively larger trunk may increase risk for more body fat deposit and higher body mass index (BMI) due to the allometry of total body fat with body proportions. The objective of the study was to assess the association of EM with BMI, absolute body size [height, sitting height (SH), subischial leg length (SLL)] and relative body dimensions [sitting height to subischial leg length ratio (SHSLLR), relative subischial leg length (RSLL)] among 14- to 16-year-old post-menarcheal girls from a rural Maya community in Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Mexico. In a cross-sectional study, post-menarcheal girls (n=51) aged 14 to 16 years had EM (n=22) (<12 years of age) and not early menarche (NEM, n=29). Anthropometric measurements of height, weight, and SH were recorded. Derived variables were BMI, height and BMI-for-age z-scores, SLL, SHSLLR, and RSLL. Mean value of age at menarche (AM) was 13 years (EM 11 years, NEM 14 years). Mean values of height (EM 159 cm, NEM 164 cm), BMI (EM 20 kg/m2, NEM 19 kg/m2), sitting height (EM 81 cm, NEM 78 cm), SLL (EM 79 cm, NEM 85 cm), SHSLLR (EM 102.93%, NEM 92.03%), and RSLL (EM 49%, NEM 52%) were different (p<0.05) in the two groups. BMI showed significant negative correlation with AM (Pearson’s r=-0.29, p<0.04). Linear regression models adjusted for age showed that EM had different interrelationships (p<0.05) with body dimensions: positive with BMI, SH, SHSLLR, and negative with height, SLL, and RSLL. Earlier AM was associated with higher BMI, SH, SHSLLR and lower SLL, RSLL, explaining lower body height and leg length among the participant EM girls. In the light of life history theory, EM results in a growth trade-off, short stature and larger trunk relative to leg length that might enhance risk for body fat gain.

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Intergenerational changes in knee height among Maya mothers and their adult daughters from Merida, Mexico

Azcorra

Rodríguez

Varela‐Silva

et al. 2015

American J Hum Biol

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Objectives To analyze differences in knee height (KH) between adult Maya mothers and daughters in Merida City, Mexico, and determine if these differences are associated with their childhood socioeconomic conditions. Methods From September 2011 to January 2014, we measured KH and collected data on childhood conditions (place of birth, type of drinking water, family size, and fathers' occupation) from a sample of 180 Maya mother‐daughter dyads. Mean KH intergenerational difference was calculated and compared for each category of socioeconomic variables and a multiple regression model was used to assess the association between childhood conditions and KH difference. Results A relative increase of 1.05 cm (SD = 2.3 cm) or 0.45 standard deviations (effect size of difference) was observed in KH between generations. Place of birth was significantly associated with KH. With three other variables statistically adjusted for, the intergenerational KH difference was 1.5 cm greater when mothers were born outside Merida but daughters were born in the city. Piped water consumption by mother‐daughter dyads was associated with 1.5 cm of increase in KH difference compared with dyads who consumed well water (P = 0.058). Conclusions The relative increase in KH between mothers and daughters represents a portion of the expected change in growth in a group that has experienced few substantial improvements in their living conditions. Some improvements in childhood living conditions resulting from the intergenerational transition from rural to urban environments seem to be linked to a modest, but statistically significant intergenerational increase in KH among Maya women in Merida. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 27:792–797, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Leg Length, Body Proportion, Health and Beauty1

Cited by 7 publications

References 107 publications

Patterns of Growth and Development in Urban and Rural Children of the Northern Part of European Russia

Patterns of Growth and Development in Urban and Rural Children of the Northern Part of European Russia

Association of early menarche with elevated BMI, lower body height and relative leg length among 14- to 16-year-old post-menarcheal girls from a Maya community in Yucatan, Mexico

Intergenerational changes in knee height among Maya mothers and their adult daughters from Merida, Mexico

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