Anthropometric traits of adults from Bologna (Italy), measured several times over a century, were evaluated for evidence of a secular trend. In addition to a considerable increase in the stature, weight and chest girth, increases were observed also in the biacromial and bicristal breadths and, to a small degree, in the sitting height. Regarding the head, a de-brachycephalization process, caused mainly by the decrease in the maximum head breadth, was noticed. The secular trend phenomena are discussed with respect to genetic, environmental and demographic factors. © 1982 Academic Press Inc. (London) Limited.

Secular anthropometric changes in a sample of Italian adults

GUALDI, Emanuela
1982

Abstract

Anthropometric traits of adults from Bologna (Italy), measured several times over a century, were evaluated for evidence of a secular trend. In addition to a considerable increase in the stature, weight and chest girth, increases were observed also in the biacromial and bicristal breadths and, to a small degree, in the sitting height. Regarding the head, a de-brachycephalization process, caused mainly by the decrease in the maximum head breadth, was noticed. The secular trend phenomena are discussed with respect to genetic, environmental and demographic factors. © 1982 Academic Press Inc. (London) Limited.
1982
Facchini, F.; Gualdi, Emanuela
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