Auxology - an editorial.
Auxology (Greek αυξω - I let grow) is the science of human growth and development. Significant public interest focuses on questions like: how does my child grow? How did our ancestors grow? How do other people around the world grow? Are there advantages to being tall and disadvantages to being short? Am I too fat? And many questions are related to the treatment of growth failure.
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Michael
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Hermanussen
Barry
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Bogin
D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000375:Aging; D000885:Anthropology, Physical / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors