Soziale Schicht und Körpergrösse in Ost- und Westdeutschland

Kriwy, Peter; Komlos, John; Baur, Marieluise

doi:10.1007/s11577-003-0089-2

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“…Changes during the second half of the 20th century in the height and weight of conscripts from the former Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and Democratic Republic of Germany (GDR) as well as from reunified Germany have been studied previously by anthropologists (21,22) , auxologists (23,24) , economists (25,26) and military surgeons (27)(28)(29)(30) . In particular, differences between East and West German conscripts (31)(32)(33) and the obesity epidemic (34,35) have been addressed.…”

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Temporal trends, regional variation and socio-economic differences in height, BMI and body proportions among German conscripts, 1956–2010

Lehmann

Floris

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Objective: We analyse temporal trends and regional variation among the most recent available anthropometric data from German conscription in the years 2008-2010 and their historical contextualization since 1956. Design/setting/subjects: The overall sample included German conscripts (N 13 857 313) from 1956 to 2010. Results: German conscripts changed from growing in height to growing in breadth. Over the analysed 54 years, average height of 19-year-old conscripts increased by 6·5 cm from 173·5 cm in 1956 (birth year 1937) to 180·0 cm in 2010 (birth year 1991). This increase plateaued since the 1990s (1970s birth years). The increase in average weight, however, did not lessen during the last two decades but increased in two steps: at the end of the 1980s and after 1999. The weight and BMI distributions became increasingly right-skewed, the prevalence of overweight and obesity increased from 11·6 % and 2·1 % in 1984 to 19·9 % and 8·5 % in 2010, respectively. The north-south gradient in height (north = taller) persisted during our observations. Height and weight of conscripts from East Germany matched the German average between the early 1990s and 2009. Between the 1980s and the early 1990s, the average chest circumference increased, the average difference between chest circumference when inhaling and exhaling decreased, as did leg length relative to trunk length. Conclusions: Measuring anthropometric data for military conscripts yielded year-by-year monitoring of the health status of young men at a proscribed age. Such findings contribute to a more precise identification of groups at risk and thus help with further studies and to target interventions.

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Temporal trends, regional variation and socio-economic differences in height, BMI and body proportions among German conscripts, 1956–2010

Lehmann

Floris

Woitek

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“…If taller worker are healthier their productivity should exceed ceteris paribus that of short employees. Kriwy, Komlos and Baur (2003) take a step forward and consider the relationship between social status and height. Better educated and wealthier parents are better informed about a good nourishment of their children and they are also able to aord more expensive goods.…”

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“…Western European countries have advantages in these elds and this may be responsible for the higher biological standard of living. Kriwy/Komlos/Baur (2003) and investigate the association between social status and height based on 7124 individuals from the German Federal Health Survey in 1998. An indicator, developed by Winkler (1998), measures social status.…”

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