Evolving human nutrition implications for public health /

"While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. This book considers aspects of changing human nutrition from evolu...

全面介紹

Saved in:
書目詳細資料
主要作者: Ulijaszek, Stanley J.
企業作者: ebrary, Inc
其他作者: Mann, Neil, 1953-, Elton, Sarah
格式: 電子 電子書
語言:英语
出版: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
叢編:Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 64
主題:
在線閱讀:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
標簽: 添加標簽
沒有標簽, 成為第一個標記此記錄!

MARC

LEADER 00000nam a2200000 a 4500
001 ebr10618622
003 CaPaEBR
006 m u
007 cr cn|||||||||
008 120425s2012 nyua sb 001 0 eng d
010 |z  2012008941 
020 |z 9780521869164 (hardback) 
020 |z 9781139782111 (e-book) 
040 |a CaPaEBR  |c CaPaEBR 
035 |a (OCoLC)816041873 
050 1 4 |a GN281  |b .U55 2012eb 
082 0 4 |a 599.93/8  |2 23 
100 1 |a Ulijaszek, Stanley J. 
245 1 0 |a Evolving human nutrition  |h [electronic resource] :  |b implications for public health /  |c Stanley Ulijaszek, Neil Mann, Sarah Elton. 
260 |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a vii, 405 p. :  |b ill. 
440 0 |a Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;  |v 64 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: 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. 
520 |a "While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. This book considers aspects of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be, how it has been shaped across evolutionary time and how we have adapted to changing food availability. The transition from hunter-gatherer and the rise of agriculture through to the industrialisation and globalisation of diet are explored. Far from being adapted to a 'Stone Age' diet, humans can consume a vast range of foodstuffs. However, being able to eat anything does not mean that we should eat everything, and therefore engagement with the evolutionary underpinnings of diet and factors influencing it are key to better public health practice"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b Palo Alto, Calif. :  |c ebrary,  |d 2011.  |n Available via World Wide Web.  |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Human evolution. 
650 0 |a Prehistoric peoples  |x Food. 
650 0 |a Human behavior  |x Nutritional aspects. 
650 0 |a Food habits  |x History. 
650 0 |a Diet  |x History. 
650 0 |a Nutrition  |x History. 
655 7 |a Electronic books.  |2 local 
700 1 |a Mann, Neil,  |d 1953- 
700 1 |a Elton, Sarah. 
710 2 |a ebrary, Inc. 
856 4 0 |u http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10618622  |z An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 
999 |c 197392  |d 197392