A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of nutrition in generating hierarchical societies and cultivating a global epidemic of chronic diseases.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jonathan C. K. Wells is Professor of Anthropology and Paediatric Nutrition at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, and a leading international researcher in the field of paediatric nutrition. His empirical research focuses on human growth, body composition and metabolism, and is complemented by the development of evolutionary perspectives on these topics. He has contributed extensively to the scientific literature and is the author of The Evolutionary Biology of Human Body Fatness: Thrift and Control (Cambridge, 2010).
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Preface 1. Introduction Part I. The Physiology of Chronic Disease: 2. Models of chronic disease 3. Links between nutrition and health 4. The developmental origins of disease 5. Life-course models of chronic disease aetiology 6. Applying the capacity-load model Part II. An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Metabolism: 7. Life history strategy 8. Ancestral environments 9. The evolution of human adaptability 10. Sensitivity in early life 11. The evolutionary biology of inequality 12. The metabolic ghetto Part III. A Historical Perspective on Human Nutrition: 13. The emergence of agriculture 14. Trade, capitalism and imperialism 15. Hierarchy and metabolic capacity 16. The emergence of consumerism 17. Enforcing obedience 18. The dual burden of malnutrition Part IV. Power, Nutrition and Society: 19. A series of games 20. A question of agency Epilogue Index.
Preface 1. Introduction Part I. The Physiology of Chronic Disease: 2. Models of chronic disease 3. Links between nutrition and health 4. The developmental origins of disease 5. Life-course models of chronic disease aetiology 6. Applying the capacity-load model Part II. An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Metabolism: 7. Life history strategy 8. Ancestral environments 9. The evolution of human adaptability 10. Sensitivity in early life 11. The evolutionary biology of inequality 12. The metabolic ghetto Part III. A Historical Perspective on Human Nutrition: 13. The emergence of agriculture 14. Trade, capitalism and imperialism 15. Hierarchy and metabolic capacity 16. The emergence of consumerism 17. Enforcing obedience 18. The dual burden of malnutrition Part IV. Power, Nutrition and Society: 19. A series of games 20. A question of agency Epilogue Index.
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