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Prof. Stanley M. Garn
Stanley Marion Garn Ph.D. (October 27, 1922 - August 31, 2007) was a human biologist and educator. He was Professor of Anthropology at the College for Literature, Science and Arts and Professor of ...view moreStanley Marion Garn Ph.D. (October 27, 1922 - August 31, 2007) was a human biologist and educator. He was Professor of Anthropology at the College for Literature, Science and Arts and Professor of Nutrition at the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. He joined the University of Michigan in 1968.
He produced a large body of work on many areas of human biology, beginning with human hair and eventually contributing research on determinants of coronary artery disease, somatotype, human races, dental development, skeletal development, nutrition, obesity and bone mineralization, among other subjects.
In relation to his study on obesity, he studied over-nutrition and under-nutrition, human fat over the course of the human life cycle and the correlation between growth rate in infants and later fatness. He concluded that genetics forms a major component in determining a person’s tendency for obesity, but socioeconomic factors are also significant.
Based on his study on age and cholesterol, he concluded that people between the ages of thirty and fifty have their serum cholesterol rise which contributes to an increase risk for coronary artery disease. In relation to bone, he studied skeletal development, bone mineral loss, odontogenesis and dysmorphogenesis. His hypothesis was that dietary differences contribute to bone loss among individuals.
In terms of the history of biological interpretations of race, he modernized older classifications of race, attempting to bring the race concept into line with ideas in population biology.
He died of complications from peripheral vascular disease in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2007.view less