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A critical biocultural anthropology seeks to link perspectives from social theory and ethnography to human biology. In the United States (U.S.), multiple forms of structural inequalities affect early growth, including… Click to show full abstract
A critical biocultural anthropology seeks to link perspectives from social theory and ethnography to human biology. In the United States (U.S.), multiple forms of structural inequalities affect early growth, including racism and poverty. The goal of this paper is to test the effects of social inequalities on birth weight and later height in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES), and to contextualize potential pathways of embodiment that link social structure and biology.
Keywords:
biocultural approach;
early growth;
critical biocultural;
biology;
united states
Journal Title: American Journal of Human Biology
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: American Journal of Human Biology
Year Published: 2022
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