Sara Stinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3616989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Stinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Stinson |
| SIGNATURE | STINSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 289 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective
Growth Variation: Biological and Cultural Factors
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Variation among and within Populations Environmental Effects on Growth Growth References and Growth Standards Effects of Nutrition and Disease during the Life Cycle Human Growth is the Outcome of Complex Environment–Genetic Interactions Chapter Summary References Cited Recommended Readings
Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Evolutionary Perspective Biocultural Perspective Related Disciplines Chapter Summary References Cited
Nutritional, developmental, and genetic influences on relative sitting height at high altitude
The study explores how nutritional status, developmental exposure to high‐altitude hypoxia, and genetic ancestry influence relative sitting height in two groups of high‐altitude Bolivian children aged 8 through 13 years of age: 253 rural Aymara children of very low socioeconomic status and 273 children of upper socioeconomic status from the capital city of La Paz. The rural Aymara children on average have longer trunks relative to stature, but th…
Human Biologists in the Archives: Demography, Health, Nutrition and Genetics in Historical Populations (review)
Archival data have long been used by human biologists. As S. Silverman and M.A. Little note in the foreword to this volume, basic human biology concepts such as the secular trend in growth were documented using archival data. However, although studies using archival data have played a major role in some branches of human biology (such as studies of population structure), they have traditionally been less significant in other areas. This well-prod…
Participation of women in Human Biology, 1975–2001
This study examines trends in women's participation in human biology as indicated by women's membership in the Human Biology Council/Association, first authorship of articles in the Human Biology Council/Association journal, and the extent to which women have been the subjects of research published in the organization's journal. Gender of members was determined from seven membership lists published in the organization's journal from 1977 to 1998,…
Biological Anthropology Section: BAS Events in New Orleans
Building a new biocultural synthesis: Political economic perspectives on human biology
Early childhood growth of Chachi Amerindians and Afro-Ecuadorians in Northwest Ecuador
This study compares the growth of Chachi Amerindian and Afro-Ecuadorian children living in the tropical forest of northwest Ecuador. Measurements of height and weight were taken on 148 Chachi and 148 Afro-Ecuadorian children under 5 years of age. Triceps and subscapular skinfolds, arm circumference, chest circumference, and sitting height were measured on a subsample of children. Socioeconomic information was collected from the households of 145 …
Nutritional Adaptation
Infrastructures are material forms that allow for the possibility of exchange over space. They are the physical networks through which goods, ideas, waste, power, people, and finance are trafficked. In this article I trace the range of anthropological ...Read More
Variation in body size and shape among South American Indians
Available information on mean adult male and female height, weight, sitting height, and relative sitting height for 62 groups is used to examine the relationship between anthropometric measurements and climate, geographical location, and linguistic affiliation among South American Indians. Results of correlation analysis indicate that height increases from the north to the south of the continent and is significantly negatively correlated with pre…
Physical growth of Ecuadorian Chachi Amerindians
Measurments of height, weight, arm circumference, and triceps and subscapular skinfolds were collected on 457 Ecuadorian Chachi Amerindians between the ages of 4 and 64 years. Compared to US reference values, the Chachi are very small in terms of height‐for‐age, but have normal or above normal weight‐for‐height. The Chachi are also in the lower part of the distribution of body size among South American Indians. In terms of body composition, Chach…
Chest dimensions of European and Aymara children at high altitude
This study compares the chest dimensions of European children raised at high altitude with those of Andean natives. The samples consist of 216 children between 8 and 14 years who attend the private French School in La Paz, Bolivia and 253 Aymara children of the same age who reside in the rural country of Arncoraimes, Bolivia. Compared to the Aymara children, the European children have larger chest depths and chest widths, but have smaller chest d…
Sex differences in environmental sensitivity during growth and development
Data on sex differences in mortality, morbidity, growth under conditions of environmental stress, and growth responses to environmental improvement are reviewed to test the hypothesis that males are less buffered than females against the environment during growth and development. The hypothesis predicts that males should be more affected by environmental stress, and the strongest support for this is found in studies of the prenatal period. Under …
Socioeconomic status and child growth in rural Bolivia
This study describes the effect of socioeconomic status on the growth of school‐aged rural Aymara children in the highlands of Bolivia, Families were divided into two occupation groups—merchant‐professionals and farmers. Children from merchant‐professional families were found to be significantly taller, heavier and fatter than children from farming families. Growth of children in the farming families was significantly related to the number of ani…
The effect of high altitude on the growth of children of high socioeconomic status in Bolivia
The physical growth of middle to upper class children of primarily European ancestry attending the private French School in Laz Paz, Bolivia is described and analyzed to determine how high altitude affects growth in this group of children. The sample consists of 323 children, most between the ages of 8 and 14, who reside at altitudes between 3200 and 3600 meters, but who have spent different amounts of time at high altitude. Comparisons between c…
The physical growth of high altitude Bolivian Aymara children
This study describes the growth characteristics of Aymara children living in Ancoraimes, Bolivia at altitudes between 3800 and 4000 meters. Anthropometric measurements were made on 510 children between the ages of 6.0 and 20.9 years, 360 males and 150 females. The growth pattern of Ancoraimes Aymara children is very similar to that of other high altitude Andean populations. They are greatly delayed in height and weight, exhibit little sexual dimo…
Child growth and the economic value of children in rural Bolivia
Physical Anthropology: Malnutrition, Behavior, and Social Organization . Lawrence S. Greene
Early prenatal attainment of adult metacarpal‐phalangeal rankings and proportions
As shown in 56 human embryos and fetuses between 15 and 104 mm in crown‐rump length, “adult” metacarpal‐phalangeal length rankings are attained by the seventh intrauterine week and near‐adult bone‐to‐bone ratios or proportions by the thirteenth week. Micrometric measurements of optically‐projected histological hand sections show relative elongation of the distals between the 15–29 mm and 30–44 mm crown‐rump range, and relative reduction to radiog…
Sex differences in environmental sensitivity during growth and development
Data on sex differences in mortality, morbidity, growth under conditions of environmental stress, and growth responses to environmental improvement are reviewed to test the hypothesis that males are less buffered than females against the environment during growth and development. The hypothesis predicts that males should be more affected by environmental stress, and the strongest support for this is found in studies of the prenatal period. Under …
The physical growth of high altitude Bolivian Aymara children
This study describes the growth characteristics of Aymara children living in Ancoraimes, Bolivia at altitudes between 3800 and 4000 meters. Anthropometric measurements were made on 510 children between the ages of 6.0 and 20.9 years, 360 males and 150 females. The growth pattern of Ancoraimes Aymara children is very similar to that of other high altitude Andean populations. They are greatly delayed in height and weight, exhibit little sexual dimo…
The effect of high altitude on the growth of children of high socioeconomic status in Bolivia
The physical growth of middle to upper class children of primarily European ancestry attending the private French School in Laz Paz, Bolivia is described and analyzed to determine how high altitude affects growth in this group of children. The sample consists of 323 children, most between the ages of 8 and 14, who reside at altitudes between 3200 and 3600 meters, but who have spent different amounts of time at high altitude. Comparisons between c…
Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Evolutionary Perspective Biocultural Perspective Related Disciplines Chapter Summary References Cited
Early prenatal attainment of adult metacarpal‐phalangeal rankings and proportions
As shown in 56 human embryos and fetuses between 15 and 104 mm in crown‐rump length, “adult” metacarpal‐phalangeal length rankings are attained by the seventh intrauterine week and near‐adult bone‐to‐bone ratios or proportions by the thirteenth week. Micrometric measurements of optically‐projected histological hand sections show relative elongation of the distals between the 15–29 mm and 30–44 mm crown‐rump range, and relative reduction to radiog…
Nutritional Adaptation
Infrastructures are material forms that allow for the possibility of exchange over space. They are the physical networks through which goods, ideas, waste, power, people, and finance are trafficked. In this article I trace the range of anthropological ...Read More
Child growth and the economic value of children in rural Bolivia
Early prenatal attainment of adult metacarpal‐phalangeal rankings and proportions
As shown in 56 human embryos and fetuses between 15 and 104 mm in crown‐rump length, “adult” metacarpal‐phalangeal length rankings are attained by the seventh intrauterine week and near‐adult bone‐to‐bone ratios or proportions by the thirteenth week. Micrometric measurements of optically‐projected histological hand sections show relative elongation of the distals between the 15–29 mm and 30–44 mm crown‐rump range, and relative reduction to radiog…
Physical Anthropology: Malnutrition, Behavior, and Social Organization . Lawrence S. Greene
The physical growth of high altitude Bolivian Aymara children
This study describes the growth characteristics of Aymara children living in Ancoraimes, Bolivia at altitudes between 3800 and 4000 meters. Anthropometric measurements were made on 510 children between the ages of 6.0 and 20.9 years, 360 males and 150 females. The growth pattern of Ancoraimes Aymara children is very similar to that of other high altitude Andean populations. They are greatly delayed in height and weight, exhibit little sexual dimo…
Child growth and the economic value of children in rural Bolivia
The effect of high altitude on the growth of children of high socioeconomic status in Bolivia
The physical growth of middle to upper class children of primarily European ancestry attending the private French School in Laz Paz, Bolivia is described and analyzed to determine how high altitude affects growth in this group of children. The sample consists of 323 children, most between the ages of 8 and 14, who reside at altitudes between 3200 and 3600 meters, but who have spent different amounts of time at high altitude. Comparisons between c…
Socioeconomic status and child growth in rural Bolivia
This study describes the effect of socioeconomic status on the growth of school‐aged rural Aymara children in the highlands of Bolivia, Families were divided into two occupation groups—merchant‐professionals and farmers. Children from merchant‐professional families were found to be significantly taller, heavier and fatter than children from farming families. Growth of children in the farming families was significantly related to the number of ani…
Chest dimensions of European and Aymara children at high altitude
This study compares the chest dimensions of European children raised at high altitude with those of Andean natives. The samples consist of 216 children between 8 and 14 years who attend the private French School in La Paz, Bolivia and 253 Aymara children of the same age who reside in the rural country of Arncoraimes, Bolivia. Compared to the Aymara children, the European children have larger chest depths and chest widths, but have smaller chest d…
Sex differences in environmental sensitivity during growth and development
Data on sex differences in mortality, morbidity, growth under conditions of environmental stress, and growth responses to environmental improvement are reviewed to test the hypothesis that males are less buffered than females against the environment during growth and development. The hypothesis predicts that males should be more affected by environmental stress, and the strongest support for this is found in studies of the prenatal period. Under …
Physical growth of Ecuadorian Chachi Amerindians
Measurments of height, weight, arm circumference, and triceps and subscapular skinfolds were collected on 457 Ecuadorian Chachi Amerindians between the ages of 4 and 64 years. Compared to US reference values, the Chachi are very small in terms of height‐for‐age, but have normal or above normal weight‐for‐height. The Chachi are also in the lower part of the distribution of body size among South American Indians. In terms of body composition, Chach…
Variation in body size and shape among South American Indians
Available information on mean adult male and female height, weight, sitting height, and relative sitting height for 62 groups is used to examine the relationship between anthropometric measurements and climate, geographical location, and linguistic affiliation among South American Indians. Results of correlation analysis indicate that height increases from the north to the south of the continent and is significantly negatively correlated with pre…
Nutritional Adaptation
Infrastructures are material forms that allow for the possibility of exchange over space. They are the physical networks through which goods, ideas, waste, power, people, and finance are trafficked. In this article I trace the range of anthropological ...Read More
Early childhood growth of Chachi Amerindians and Afro-Ecuadorians in Northwest Ecuador
This study compares the growth of Chachi Amerindian and Afro-Ecuadorian children living in the tropical forest of northwest Ecuador. Measurements of height and weight were taken on 148 Chachi and 148 Afro-Ecuadorian children under 5 years of age. Triceps and subscapular skinfolds, arm circumference, chest circumference, and sitting height were measured on a subsample of children. Socioeconomic information was collected from the households of 145 …
Building a new biocultural synthesis: Political economic perspectives on human biology
Biological Anthropology Section: BAS Events in New Orleans
Participation of women in Human Biology, 1975–2001
This study examines trends in women's participation in human biology as indicated by women's membership in the Human Biology Council/Association, first authorship of articles in the Human Biology Council/Association journal, and the extent to which women have been the subjects of research published in the organization's journal. Gender of members was determined from seven membership lists published in the organization's journal from 1977 to 1998,…
Human Biologists in the Archives: Demography, Health, Nutrition and Genetics in Historical Populations (review)
Archival data have long been used by human biologists. As S. Silverman and M.A. Little note in the foreword to this volume, basic human biology concepts such as the secular trend in growth were documented using archival data. However, although studies using archival data have played a major role in some branches of human biology (such as studies of population structure), they have traditionally been less significant in other areas. This well-prod…
Nutritional, developmental, and genetic influences on relative sitting height at high altitude
The study explores how nutritional status, developmental exposure to high‐altitude hypoxia, and genetic ancestry influence relative sitting height in two groups of high‐altitude Bolivian children aged 8 through 13 years of age: 253 rural Aymara children of very low socioeconomic status and 273 children of upper socioeconomic status from the capital city of La Paz. The rural Aymara children on average have longer trunks relative to stature, but th…
Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective
Growth Variation: Biological and Cultural Factors
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Variation among and within Populations Environmental Effects on Growth Growth References and Growth Standards Effects of Nutrition and Disease during the Life Cycle Human Growth is the Outcome of Complex Environment–Genetic Interactions Chapter Summary References Cited Recommended Readings
Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Evolutionary Perspective Biocultural Perspective Related Disciplines Chapter Summary References Cited
Geography (11 works) · Biology (9 works) · Demography (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Anthropometry (4 works) · Birth, Development, and Health (4 works)