The biological wellbeing of the working-poor: The height of prisoners in Buenos Aires Province,Argentina, 1885–1939* |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Computer Science at the University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy;2. Computer Science and Engineering Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, Sector 6, 060042 Bucharest, Romania;1. Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA;2. Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA;3. Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA;1. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States;2. Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Inter-University Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), Groningen, The Netherlands;1. School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710061 Xi’an, China;2. Institute for Health Care & Public Management, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany;1. Centre référent pour l’anorexie et les troubles du comportement alimentaire (CREATyon), hospices civils de Lyon, 69500 Bron, France;3. Unité Inserm U1060, Inra 1235, Insa-Lyon, centre de recherche en nutrition humaine Rhône-Alpes (CRNH-RA), centre européen nutrition et santé (CENS), laboratoire CarMeN, université Claude-Bernard-Lyon 1, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France;4. Service de biologie Sud, groupement hospitalier Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, Lyon, France;5. Centre intégré de l’obésité Rhône-Alpes, fédération hospitalo-universitaire DO-iT, service d’endocrinologie et nutrition, groupement hospitalier Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France |
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| Abstract: | As a way to contribute to the debate on social inequality, poverty, and well-being in Argentina's long-term development, this article presents new evidence on the stature of prisoners in Buenos Aires province, the richest province in the Pampa region. The evidence shows very modest gains in the stature of prisoners for the period 1885–1939. This finding clearly indicates the persistence of early childhood malnutrition and poor health among families of the working-poor in the small towns of Buenos Aires province. Five decades of modest stature growth underscores the limitation of state policies of education, sanitation, and social reform in elevating the health and nutrition conditions of the working-poor. At the heart of the pampas, in the context of a successful food exporting economy, a working-class population cursed by the combination of low human capital and social vulnerability failed to attained a substantial improvement in their biological wellbeing. |
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