Thomas T. Samaras, "Reventropy Associates"

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Reventropy Associates and its Research

Reventropy Associates was established in 1993 to focus on the ramifications of a world   population that is constantly increasing in height and body weight. While many researchers have delved into specific areas of human height and growth, none has been devoted to the systematic evaluation of this critical area of human civilization.

Tom Samaras founded Reventropy Associates and has worked with Harold Elrick, MD, Lowell H. Storms, PhD and Jonn Desnoes, MD, PhD, OMD to provide critical analyses of the various impacts of larger body size on our society and the earth. He has focused on how our society promotes larger human size through nutritional and health systems. Tom and his associates have examined the impact  of maternal and child nutrition, birth weight, rapid growth, early sexual maturation and attaining maximum height on long-term health and longevity. The findings of his research have been published in numerous papers world wide and seven books. Two books are shown below:

The Truth About Your Height The Human Body Size
 

Tom Samaras

Interesting Findings

“In general, chronic disease such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD), as well as some cancers, appear to have been uncommon, even in older people, until recent history.”

Source:  Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective. World Cancer Research Fund / American Institute of Cancer Research, Washington, DC: AICR, 2007, p. 352.


Observations by Other Scientists

“These findings support an adverse effect of relative “over-nutriton” in infancy on long-term cardiovascular disease risk......and do not support the promotion of faster weight gain in infants born small for gestational age.”

Tom Samaras' News

Latest News!

A new paper was published in the Indian Heart Journal providing data showing that short people have the lowest risk for heart disease if they keep their weight low and eat a plant-based diet.

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New findings from Sardinia show that shorter people live longer. The new study, authored by Salaris, Poulain and Samaras was recently published by the journal Biodemography and Social Biology.

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A new blog summarizes Tom's findings on the ramifications of increasing body size on various aspects of the world: health, longevity, resources, energy, food, water, pollution and economics.

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