Changing Body - Floud, Roderick (Provost) a Fogel, Robert W. (University of Chicago) a Harris, Bernard (University of Southampton) a Hong, Sok Chul (Sogang University, Seoul)

It is only recently that the changing size, shape and capability of the human body has been linked to economic and demographic change. This groundbreaking book provides an accessible introduction to anthropometric history, surveying the economic causes and consequences of changes in health and mortality, diet and the disease environment.