Secular change in adult stature associated with modernization in Vanuatu
Dados Bibliográficos
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Duke Kunshan University, Department of Anthropology SUNY Binghamton Binghamton New York, Laboratory of Biomedical Anthropology and Neurosciences SUNY Binghamton Binghamton New York, Department of Physical Activity Sciences Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Montréal Quebec H2X 1Y4 Canada, Formerly of the Vanuatu Ministry of Health Port Vila Republic of Vanuatu, Island Malaria Group Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm 171 77 Sweden, Temple University |
| ANO | Não informado |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajhb.23008 |
| CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
ObjectiveTo determine whether: (1) there is a secular increase in adult stature in Vanuatu, and (2) whether adult stature is positively associated with modernization in Vanuatu.METHODSThis study reports on stature measurements collected on 650 adult (age > 17 years) men and women from four islands of varying economic development in Vanuatu. Measurements were collected as part of the Vanuatu Health Transitions Research Project in 2007 and 2011.RESULTSStature increased significantly in adults born between the 1940s and 1960s in Vanuatu, before leveling off in those born between the 1970s and 1990s. Adults are significantly taller on Efate, the most modernized island in the study sample, than on the less economically developed islands.CONCLUSIONSModernization is likely associated with improvements in child growth in Vanuatu, as assessed by gains in adult stature.