Auxology

This new book is a comprehensive description of human physical growth and development (Auxology) with contributions by 56 internationally reputed experts. The entire spectrum of basic and advanced information on growth tracking, growth prediction, short-term-, catch-up- and rapid growth, nutritional and social factors influencing human growth, and issues related to preventive health care, growth in ethnic minorities and migrants, and growth in developing countries is presented. The text is generously illustrated by 270 colour figures and 89 comprehensive tables. The text also introduces new mathematical approaches to growth modelling and provides practical information on how to use and interpret growth charts. Current national references for height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and head circumference for various countries (US, ARG, BRA, CAN, IND, BEL, GER, IT, NL, PL, SW, SWI, TUR, UK, WHO) are provided, as are growth references for twins, preterm infants and syndrome specific growth charts for clinical purposes. The book is of greatest interest to all pediatricians, to medical students and students of human biology, health workers, nutritionists, medical staff and professionals interested in child and adolescent growth and development. Contributors: Ghada M. Anwar, Cairo, Egypt Christian Aßmann, Bamberg, Germany Pavel Blaha, Prague, Czech Republic Barry Bogin, Leicestershire, UK Jesper L. Boldsen, Odense, Denmark Walter Bonfig, München, Germany Marek Brabec, Praha, Czech Republic Fanny Breitman, Buenos Aires, Argentina Stef van Buuren, Leiden, The Netherlands Silvia Caino, Buenos Aires, Argentina Noel Cameron, Leicestershire, UK Tim Cole, London, UK Mortada El-Shabrawi, Cairo, Egypt Mona El Housseiny, Cairo, Egypt Miranda Fredriks, Leiden, The Netherlands Elena Godina, Moscow, Russia Petra Golja, Ljubljana, Slovenia Carl Martin Grewe, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany Komei Hattori, Ibaraki University, Japan Klaus-Peter Herm, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Michael Hermanussen, Altenhof, Germany Reinhard Holl, Ulm, Germany Eilin Jopp, Hamburg, Germany Maria Kaczmarek, Poznan, Poland Magdalena Skrzypczak, Poznan, Poland Diana Mabel Kelmansky, Buenos Aires, Argentina Andreas Kersting, Bamberg, Germany Sylvia Kirchengast, Vienna, Austria Katja Zdešar Kotnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia Hans Lamecker, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany Andreas Lehmann, Luckenwalde, Germany Horacio Lejarraga, Buenos Aires, Argentina Leslie Sue Lieberman, Oviedo, USA Matthew McIntyre, Orlando, USA Jürgen Meier, München, Germany Christof Meigen, Bonn, Germany Rebekka Mumm, Friedland, Germany Christina Papageorgopoulou, Komotini, Greece Tilman R. Rohrer, Homburg/Saar, Germany Frank J. Rühli, Zurich, Switzerland Emad Salama, Cairo, Egypt Takashi Satake, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan Christiane Scheffler, Potsdam, Germany Mithun Sikdar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India Kaspar Staub, Zurich, Switzerland Hans Henrik Thodberg, Holte, Denmark Jesus Angel Fernandez-Tresguerres, Madrid, Spain Janina Tutkuviene, Vilnius, Lithuania Stanley Ulijaszek, Oxford, UK Maria Inês Varela-Silva, Leicestershire, UK Jerry K.H. Wales, Sheffield, UK Ulrich Woitek, Zurich, Switzerland Cherie L. Yestrebsky, Orlando, USA Siegfried Zabransky, Homburg/Saar, Germany Stefan Zachow, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany Elzbieta Zadzinska, Lodz, Poland