title: Stunted Growth. Proceedings of the 23rd Aschauer Soiree, Held at Aschauhof, Germany, November 7th 2015.
abstract: Twenty-four scientists met at Aschauhof, Altenhof, Germany, to discuss the associations between child growth and development, and nutrition, health, environment and psychology. Meta-analyses of body height, height variability and household inequality, in historic and modern growth studies published since 1794, highlighting the enormously flexible patterns of child and adolescent height and weight increments throughout history which do not only depend on genetics, prenatal development, nutrition, health, and economic circumstances, but reflect social interactions. A Quality of Life in Short Stature Youth Questionnaire was presented to cross-culturally assess health-related quality of life in children. Changes of child body proportions in recent history, the relation between height and longevity in historic Dutch samples and also measures of body height in skeletal remains belonged to the topics of this meeting. Bayesian approaches and Monte Carlo simulations offer new statistical tools for the study of human growth.
authors.forename: Michael
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authors.lastname: Hermanussen
authors.forename: Josefin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ipsen
authors.forename: Rebekka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mumm
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Assmann
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quitmann
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gomula
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jasch
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tassenaar
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bogin
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scheffler
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Núñez
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Godina
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hardeland
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boldsen
authors.forename: Mortada
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Shabrawi
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elhusseini
authors.forename: Carmen Gabriela
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Barbu
authors.forename: Ralucca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pop
authors.forename: Jani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Söderhäll
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merker
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Groth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors