Olszowy Kathryn M, Sun Cheng, Silverman Harold, Pomer Alysa, Dancause Kelsey N, Chan Chim W, Lee Gwang, Tarivonda Len, Kaneko Akira, Weitz Charles, Koji Lum J, Garruto Ralph M
Department of Criminology, Anthropology, and Sociology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Department of Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, New York.
Am J Hum Biol. 2017 Sep 10;29(5). doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23008. Epub 2017 Apr 14.
To determine whether: (1) there is a secular increase in adult stature in Vanuatu, and (2) whether adult stature is positively associated with modernization in Vanuatu.
This study reports on stature measurements collected on 650 adult (age > 17 years) men and women from four islands of varying economic development in Vanuatu. Measurements were collected as part of the Vanuatu Health Transitions Research Project in 2007 and 2011.
Stature increased significantly in adults born between the 1940s and 1960s in Vanuatu, before leveling off in those born between the 1970s and 1990s. Adults are significantly taller on Efate, the most modernized island in the study sample, than on the less economically developed islands.
Modernization is likely associated with improvements in child growth in Vanuatu, as assessed by gains in adult stature.
确定：（1）瓦努阿图成年人身高是否存在长期增长趋势；（2）瓦努阿图成年人身高是否与现代化呈正相关。
本研究报告了从瓦努阿图四个经济发展水平不同的岛屿收集的650名成年（年龄>17岁）男性和女性的身高测量数据。这些测量数据是2007年和2011年瓦努阿图健康转型研究项目的一部分。
瓦努阿图20世纪40年代至60年代出生的成年人身高显著增加，之后在70年代至90年代出生的人群中趋于平稳。在研究样本中最现代化的埃法特岛上的成年人比经济较不发达岛屿上的成年人明显更高。
以成年人身高增长来评估，现代化可能与瓦努阿图儿童生长的改善有关。
