There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughout human history nutrition has been shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces, and in turn, access to food and nutrition has altered the course and direction of human societies. Using a biocultural approach, the contributors to this volume investigate the ways in which food is both an essential resource fundamental to human health and an expression of human culture and society. The chapters deal with aspects of diet and human nutrition through…mehr
There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughout human history nutrition has been shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces, and in turn, access to food and nutrition has altered the course and direction of human societies. Using a biocultural approach, the contributors to this volume investigate the ways in which food is both an essential resource fundamental to human health and an expression of human culture and society. The chapters deal with aspects of diet and human nutrition through space and time and span prehistoric, historic, and contemporary societies spread over various geographical regions, including Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia to highlight how biology and culture are inextricably linked.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tracy Prowse is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. Her research explores diet and health in past populations using paleopathological and isotopic analyses of human bones and teeth. She has published on the paleodiet of Roman Italy in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and the Journal of Archaeological Science.
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List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Chapter 1. Introduction: A Biocultural Approach to Human Diet and Nutrition T. Moffat and T. Prowse PART I: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON NUTRITION Chapter 2. Nutritional and Metabolic Influences on Human Brain Evolution W. R. Leonard, M. L. Robertson and J. J. Snodgrass Chapter 3. Child Growth among Southern African Foragers in the Past S. Pfeiffer and L. Harrington Chapter 4. Infant and Young Child Feeding in Human Evolution D. W. Sellen PART II: BREASTFEEDING AND BEYOND: NUTRITION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE COURSE Chapter 5. The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis to Determine Infant and Young Child Feeding Patterns T. L. Dupras Chapter 6. A Community in Transition: Deconstructing Breastfeeding Trends in Gibraltar, 1955-96 L. A. Sawchuk, E. K. Bryce and S. D. A. Burke PART III: FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION Chapter 7. Dietary Diversity, Dietary Transitions and Childhood Nutrition in Nepal: Questions of Methodology and Practice T. Moffat and E. Finnis Chapter 8. Responses to a Food Crisis and Child Malnutrition in the Nigerien Sahel R. E. Casiday, K. R. Hampshire, C. Panter-Brick and K. Kilpatrick PART IV: NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN GROWTH AND DISEASE Chapter 9. Growth, Morbidity, and Mortality in Antiquity: A Case Study from Imperial Rome T. Prowse, S. Saunders, C. Fitzgerald, L. Bondioli and R. Macchiarelli Chapter 10. Examining Nutritional Aspects of Bone Loss and Fragility across the Life Cycle in Bioarchaeology S. C. Agarwal and B. Glencross Chapter 11. Obesity - An Emerging Epidemic: Temporal trends in North America P. T. Katzmarzyk PART V: CONCLUSION Chapter 12. Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective: Back to the Future T. Prowse and T. Moffat Contributors Glossary Index
List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Chapter 1. Introduction: A Biocultural Approach to Human Diet and Nutrition T. Moffat and T. Prowse PART I: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON NUTRITION Chapter 2. Nutritional and Metabolic Influences on Human Brain Evolution W. R. Leonard, M. L. Robertson and J. J. Snodgrass Chapter 3. Child Growth among Southern African Foragers in the Past S. Pfeiffer and L. Harrington Chapter 4. Infant and Young Child Feeding in Human Evolution D. W. Sellen PART II: BREASTFEEDING AND BEYOND: NUTRITION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE COURSE Chapter 5. The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis to Determine Infant and Young Child Feeding Patterns T. L. Dupras Chapter 6. A Community in Transition: Deconstructing Breastfeeding Trends in Gibraltar, 1955-96 L. A. Sawchuk, E. K. Bryce and S. D. A. Burke PART III: FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION Chapter 7. Dietary Diversity, Dietary Transitions and Childhood Nutrition in Nepal: Questions of Methodology and Practice T. Moffat and E. Finnis Chapter 8. Responses to a Food Crisis and Child Malnutrition in the Nigerien Sahel R. E. Casiday, K. R. Hampshire, C. Panter-Brick and K. Kilpatrick PART IV: NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN GROWTH AND DISEASE Chapter 9. Growth, Morbidity, and Mortality in Antiquity: A Case Study from Imperial Rome T. Prowse, S. Saunders, C. Fitzgerald, L. Bondioli and R. Macchiarelli Chapter 10. Examining Nutritional Aspects of Bone Loss and Fragility across the Life Cycle in Bioarchaeology S. C. Agarwal and B. Glencross Chapter 11. Obesity - An Emerging Epidemic: Temporal trends in North America P. T. Katzmarzyk PART V: CONCLUSION Chapter 12. Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective: Back to the Future T. Prowse and T. Moffat Contributors Glossary Index
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