00000nam a22000008i 4500 20260913094632.0 260919s2013 ii 00 0 eng d 9789350183748 Lance Brennan John McDonald Ralph Shlomowitz with Eva Aker Well-Being in India: Studies in Anthropometric History / Lance Brennan ; John McDonald ; Ralph Shlomowitz ; with Eva Aker. New Delhi Readworthy Press Corporation 2013. By using data on the height and weight of Indians, measured in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for commercial or scientific reasons, the studies in this book trace trends in rural well-being in North and South India over time, and consider the comparative well-being of different groups of men and women. It also addresses questions of infant and child health, and examines the influence of reservation for social groups on the physical markers of well-being. Anthropometry--India--History. Public health--India--History. Malnutrition--India--History. India--History--British occupation, 1765-. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical bisacsh