Auxology

Auxology is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth; though it is also a fundamental of biology, generally. Auxology is a highly multi-disciplinary science involving health sciences / medicine (pediatrics, general practice, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, epidemiology), and to a lesser extent: nutrition, genetics, anthropology, anthropometry, ergonomics, history, economic history, economics, socioeconomics, sociology, public health, and psychology, among others.

Etymology

Auxology: aux-, pertaining to growth, from Greek auxē, "to increase"; -o-, generic phoenetic combining form, here denoting relationship to growth, stimulation, or acceleration; -logy, pertaining to the study of or science of, from Middle English -logie, from Old French, from Latin -logia, from Greek -logiā, from legein, "to speak", and -logos "word", "speech" and "one who deals with", thus "the character or department of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject)".

Some Auxologists

Barry Bogin ^* (anthropologist)
Noel Cameron ^* (pediatrician)
J. W. Drukker ^* (economist, historian, ergonomist)
Stanley Engerman ^* (economist)
Robert Fogel ^* (economist)
Theo Gasser ^* (statistician, human biologist)
Francis E. Johnston ^* (anthropologist)
John Komlos ^* (economist, anthropometric historian)
Gregory Livshits ^* (human biologist)
Robert Margo ^* (economist)
Alex F. Roche ^* (pediatrician)
Lawrence M. Schell ^* (anthropologist)
Nevin Scrimshaw ^* (nutritionist)
Anne Sheehy (human biologist)
Richard Steckel ^* (economist, anthropometric historian)
Pak Sunyoung ^* (anthropologist)
James M. Tanner ^* (pediatrician)
Vincent Tassenaar ^* (historian)
Lucio Vinicius ^* (anthropologist, human biologist)

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Some Auxologists

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