Popular ideas and convictions about factors influencing the growth as well as the adult height of children: a German-French comparison.

IF 0.4 4区社会学 Q3 ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropologischer Anzeiger Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI:10.1127/anthranz/2019/0972

Francis Friebel, Michael Hermanussen, Christiane Scheffler

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Abstract

Common knowledge suggests that growth in height is influenced by nutrition, genetics, health, and environmental and general living conditions. In addition, modern studies showed that also social mobility and dominance within the social group, may significantly affect adolescent growth and final height. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of popular ideas and beliefs about factors influencing the growth on the biology of child and adolescent growth. We hypothesized that these beliefs are culture-specific and age-dependent. We investigated 307 French and 315 German participants of all age-groups. We collected polarising statements by questionnaire that the participants had to agree or disagree on. French participants see a connection between nutrition and the body height of children. This is different in Germany and may be due to the fact that French food culture is more traditional. Genetic factors were generally overestimated and considered as the most important determinants of longitudinal-growth. The participants denied an influence of disease and social status. Participants over 35 years of age considered adult height to be independent of environmental factors. In conclusion, popular beliefs partly depend on culture and appear to change with age as a result of growing experience.

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关于影响儿童成长和成人身高的因素的流行观念和信念:德国和法国的比较。

常识表明，身高的增长受到营养、遗传、健康、环境和一般生活条件的影响。此外，现代研究表明，社会流动性和社会群体内的支配地位也可能显著影响青少年的生长和最终身高。这项研究的目的是调查关于影响生长因素的流行观念和信念对儿童和青少年生长的生物学影响。我们假设这些信念是特定文化和年龄相关的。我们调查了所有年龄组的307名法国人和315名德国人。我们通过问卷收集两极分化的陈述，参与者必须同意或不同意。法国的参与者发现了营养和儿童身高之间的联系。这在德国是不同的，可能是因为法国的饮食文化更传统。遗传因素通常被高估，并被认为是纵向生长的最重要决定因素。参与者否认疾病和社会地位的影响。35岁以上的参与者认为成人身高与环境因素无关。总之，流行的信念部分取决于文化，并且似乎随着年龄的增长而变化，因为经验的增长。

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