Auxology

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Auxology, sometimes called Auxanology (from Greek αὔξω, auxō, or αὐξάνω, auxanō, "growth"; and -λογία, -logia), is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth; though it is also a fundamental of biology, generally. Auxology is a highly multi-disciplinary science involving health sciences / medicine (pediatrics, general practice, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, epidemiology), and to a lesser extent: nutrition, genetics, anthropology, anthropometry, ergonomics, history, economic history, economics, socioeconomics, sociology, public health, and psychology, among others...

Some auxologists

• Joerg Baten [1] (economist, anthropometric historian)
• Barry Bogin [2] (anthropologist)
• Noel Cameron [3] (pediatrician, anthropologist)
• J. W. Drukker [4] (economist, historian, ergonomist)
• Stanley Engerman [5] (economist)
• Robert Fogel [6] (economist)
• Theo Gasser [7] (statistician, human biologist)
• Michael Healy (statistician)
• Francis E. Johnston [8] (anthropologist)
• John Komlos [9] (economist, anthropometric historian)
• Gregory Livshits [10] (human biologist)
• Robert Margo [11] (economist)
• Alex F. Roche [12] (pediatrician)
• Lawrence M. Schell [13] (anthropologist)
• Nevin Scrimshaw [14] (nutritionist)
• Anne Sheehy (human biologist)
• Richard Steckel [15] (economist, anthropometric historian)
• Pak Sunyoung [16] (anthropologist)
• James M. Tanner [17] (pediatrician)
• Vincent Tassenaar [18] (historian)
• Lucio Vinicius [19] (anthropologist, human biologist)

See also

• Nature versus nurture
• Human variability
• Human development (biology)
• Human biology
• Standard of living
• Quality of life
• Malnutrition
• Human height
• Human weight
• Socioeconomics
• Anthropometric history
• Rod Usher

External links

• International Association for Human Auxology
• A Tall Story for Our Time (Time Magazine)
• Tall Tales: New Approaches to the Standard of Living (Oberlin Alumni Magazine)
• The tall and short of it - range of heights in human demonstrates plasticity of human species (Discover)