Jonathan C K Wells
The Metabolic Ghetto
An Evolutionary Perspective on Nutrition, Power Relations and Chronic Disease
Jonathan C K Wells
The Metabolic Ghetto
An Evolutionary Perspective on Nutrition, Power Relations and Chronic Disease
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A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of nutrition in generating hierarchical societies and cultivating a global epidemic of chronic diseases.
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A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of nutrition in generating hierarchical societies and cultivating a global epidemic of chronic diseases.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 622
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 256mm x 176mm x 32mm
- Gewicht: 1334g
- ISBN-13: 9781107009479
- ISBN-10: 1107009472
- Artikelnr.: 45154892
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 622
- Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 256mm x 176mm x 32mm
- Gewicht: 1334g
- ISBN-13: 9781107009479
- ISBN-10: 1107009472
- Artikelnr.: 45154892
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).
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.
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.
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.