Growth, as we conceive it, is the study of changeinan organism not yet mature. Differential growth creates form: external form through growth rates which vary from one part of the body to another and one tissue to another; and internal form through the series of time-entrained events which build up in each cell the special ized complexity of its particular function. We make no distinction, then, between growth and development, and if we have not included accounts of differentiation it is simply because we had to draw a quite arbitrary line somewhere. lt is only rather recently that those involved in pediatrics and child health have come to realize that growth is the basic science peculiar to their art. It is a science which uses and incorporates the traditional disciplines of anatomy, physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, and biology. It is indeed a part of biology, and the study of human growth is a part of the curriculum of the rejuvenated science of Human Biology. What growth is not is a series of chärts of height and weight. Growth standards are useful and necessary, and their construction is by no means void of intellectual challenge. They are a basic instrument in pediatric epidemiology. But they do not appear in this book, any more than clinical accounts of growth disorders. This appears to be the first large handbook-in three volumes-devoted to Human Growth.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Cellular Growth: Brain, Liver, Muscle, and Lung.- 2 Cellular Growth: Adipose Tissue.- 3 The Methods of Auxological Anthropometry.- 4 Somatic Growth of the Infant and Preschool Child.- 5 Body Composition and Energy Needs during Growth.- 6 Puberty.- 7 Prepubertal and Pubertal Endocrinology.- 8 The Central Nervous System and the Onset of Puberty.- 9 Body Composition in Adolescence.- 10 Growth of Muscle Tissue and Muscle Mass.- 11 Adipose Tissue Development in Man.- 12 Bone Growth and Maturation.- 13 The Fundamentals of Cranial and Facial Growth.- 14 Skull, Jaw, and Teeth Growth Patterns.- 15 Dentition.- 16 Secular Growth Changes.- 17 The Influence of Exercise, Physical Activity, and Athletic Performance on the Dynamics of Human Growth.- 18 The Low-Birth-Weight Infant.- 19 Growth Dynamics of Low-Birth-Weight Infants with Emphasis on the Perinatal Period.
