Auxology

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 (economist, anthropometric historian)
• Barry Bogin (anthropologist)
• Noel Cameron (pediatrician, anthropologist)
• J. W. Drukker (economist, historian, ergonomist)
• Stanley Engerman (economist)
• Robert Fogel (economist)
• Theo Gasser (statistician, human biologist)
• Michael Healy (statistician)
• Francis E. Johnston (anthropologist)
• John Komlos (economist, anthropometric historian)
• Gregory Livshits (human biologist)
• Robert Margo (economist)
• Alex F. Roche (pediatrician)
• Lawrence M. Schell (anthropologist)
• Nevin Scrimshaw (nutritionist)
• Anne Sheehy (human biologist)
• Richard Steckel (economist, anthropometric historian)
• Pak Sunyoung (anthropologist)
• James M. Tanner (pediatrician)
• Vincent Tassenaar (historian)
• Lucio Vinicius (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)