Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century
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Resumo: | Portugal's real income per head grew by a factor of eight during the second half of the twentieth century, a period of fast convergence towards Western European living standards. We use a new sample of about 3,400 infants and children living in Lisbon to document trends in the prevalence of stunting and wasting between 1906 and 1994. We find that stunting and wasting fell quickly from around 1950, for both males and females. We additionally use a sample of more than 26,000 young adult males covering the entire country, which shows a consistent decrease in wasting and stunting with the expected time lag. We discuss these trends in relation to changes in income and public policy, which affected the ontogenetic environment of children. Sustained progress began well before the introduction of democracy. |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth centuryAnthropometricsEconomic developmentPovertyChild healthPortugal's real income per head grew by a factor of eight during the second half of the twentieth century, a period of fast convergence towards Western European living standards. We use a new sample of about 3,400 infants and children living in Lisbon to document trends in the prevalence of stunting and wasting between 1906 and 1994. We find that stunting and wasting fell quickly from around 1950, for both males and females. We additionally use a sample of more than 26,000 young adult males covering the entire country, which shows a consistent decrease in wasting and stunting with the expected time lag. We discuss these trends in relation to changes in income and public policy, which affected the ontogenetic environment of children. Sustained progress began well before the introduction of democracy.ElsevierRepositório da Universidade de LisboaL. Cermeño, AlexandraPalma, NunoPistola, Renato2023-09-13T14:51:52Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/59269engCermeño, A.L., Palma, N., Pistola, R. (2023). Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century. Economics and Human Biology, 51, art. no. 101267.1570-677X10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101267info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T17:08:18Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/59269Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:09:12.648832Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century L. Cermeño, Alexandra Anthropometrics Economic development Poverty Child health |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century |
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century |
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L. Cermeño, Alexandra |
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L. Cermeño, Alexandra Palma, Nuno Pistola, Renato |
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Palma, Nuno Pistola, Renato |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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L. Cermeño, Alexandra Palma, Nuno Pistola, Renato |
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Anthropometrics Economic development Poverty Child health |
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Anthropometrics Economic development Poverty Child health |
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Portugal's real income per head grew by a factor of eight during the second half of the twentieth century, a period of fast convergence towards Western European living standards. We use a new sample of about 3,400 infants and children living in Lisbon to document trends in the prevalence of stunting and wasting between 1906 and 1994. We find that stunting and wasting fell quickly from around 1950, for both males and females. We additionally use a sample of more than 26,000 young adult males covering the entire country, which shows a consistent decrease in wasting and stunting with the expected time lag. We discuss these trends in relation to changes in income and public policy, which affected the ontogenetic environment of children. Sustained progress began well before the introduction of democracy. |
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Cermeño, A.L., Palma, N., Pistola, R. (2023). Stunting and wasting in a growing economy: biological living standards in Portugal during the twentieth century. Economics and Human Biology, 51, art. no. 101267. 1570-677X 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101267 |
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