2004-05-202004-05-202004-05-202004-05-20https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5307In this paper the evolution in the average height of Colombians from 1910 to 1984 is analyzed. The anthropometric evidence reveals a sustained increase in the standard of biological welfare during this period. A database with more than 8.000.000 observatPDFspaOpen AccessA tropical success story: a century of improvements in the biological standard of living, Colombia 1910-2002Working PaperI12 - Health BehaviorI31 - General Welfare; Well-BeingN16 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations: Latin America; CaribbeanN36 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion and Philanthropy: Latin America; CaribbeanEconomic historyAnthropometricsWelfareHealthStandard of livingEstatura -- Colombia -- 1910-2002Antropometría -- Colombia -- 1910-2002Historia económica -- Colombia -- 1910-2002Acceso abiertoAtribucion-NoComercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA 4.0N36 - Trabajo y consumidores, demografía, educación, salud, beneficencia pública, renta, riqueza, religión y filantropía: América Latina; CaribeI12 - Comportamiento de la SaludI31 - Bienestar general; Bien serN16 - Macroeconomía y economía monetaria; Crecimiento y fluctuación económica: América Latina; CaribeLas opiniones contenidas en el presente documento son responsabilidad exclusiva de los autores y no comprometen al Banco de la República ni a su Junta Directiva.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5307