When populations around the globe started turning to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, regardless of their locations and type of crops, a similar trend occurred: The height and health of the people declined.

In a paper published in the January issue of the journal Economics and Human Biology, a team of applied economists including William A. Masters, a professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, suggests a new approach to monitoring the relationship between nutrition and child mortality in developing countries.

Taller people appear to live happier lives, according to a new study.

By Coclanis, Peter A A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and faculties may be more godlike, but in point of time they come afterwards.

Overweight people who trim down substantially may improve both their health and their wealth, if new research is correct.