Exploring what it is to be human through a dietary lens, this book examines human nutrition, how it has evolved and how it influences health and disease past and present. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be and how this has been affected by social transformations.
Exploring what it is to be human through a dietary lens, this book examines human nutrition, how it has evolved and how it influences health and disease past and present. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be and how this has been affected by social transformations.
Produktdetails
Produktdetails
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Stanley Ulijaszek is Professor of Human Ecology at the University of Oxford and Director of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity. His work on nutritional ecology and anthropology has involved fieldwork and research in Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands and South Asia, while his interests in dietary transitions have led him to examine the evolutionary basis of obesity.
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Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I. The Animal Within: 2. Locating human diet in a mammalian framework 3. Diet and hominin evolution 4. Seasonality of environment and diet 5. Evolution of human diet and eating behaviour Part II. A Brave New World: 6. When our brains left our bodies behind: dietary change and health discordance 7. Nutrition and infectious disease, past and present 8. Inequality and nutritional health Part III. Once upon a Time in the West: 9. Nutrition transition 10. Fats in the global balance 11. Feed the world with carbohydrates 12. Post-script Index.
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I. The Animal Within: 2. Locating human diet in a mammalian framework 3. Diet and hominin evolution 4. Seasonality of environment and diet 5. Evolution of human diet and eating behaviour Part II. A Brave New World: 6. When our brains left our bodies behind: dietary change and health discordance 7. Nutrition and infectious disease, past and present 8. Inequality and nutritional health Part III. Once upon a Time in the West: 9. Nutrition transition 10. Fats in the global balance 11. Feed the world with carbohydrates 12. Post-script Index.
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