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Auxology: science of growth
The term "auxology" was coined by the French scientist Godin at the beginning of the twentieth century; initially accepted in Italian medical circles, it later also gained currency among English scholars.
What it designates, in just one word, is the complex of studies conducted for the purpose of exploring and describing the pattern of growth in children and adolescents, both in normal and in pathological conditions, as well as in a hostile environment and in unfavourable socio-economic conditions.
Auxology studies different aspects of growth, including the diagnosis and therapy of developmental disorders; the relations between growth and social, educational, environmental, and psychological factors; the study of models of growth; progress in the field of genetics...
To whom Auxology will be of interest
Auxology unites specialists from various branches of science to discuss the human growth from foetus to the beginning of adulthood:
Auxology will be of interest to all those who work in the area of childhood and adolescence, in particular pediatricians, endocrinologists, family physicians, pediatric gynecologists, psychologists, anthropologists, human biologists, epidemiologists, genetists, public health specialists, nutritionists, teachers and educators, and scholars in the motor sciences, statisticians and biometrists.
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