Evolving human nutrition : implications for public health / Stanley Ulijaszek, Neil Mann, Sarah Elton
- 作者： Ulijaszek, Stanley J.
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- 出版： New York : Cambridge University Press 2012
- 叢書名： Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; ;64
- 主題： Human evolution. , Prehistoric peoples--Food. , Human behavior--Nutritional aspects , Food habits--History , Diet--History , Nutrition--History
- ISBN： 9780521869164 (hbk.) :: US105.00 、 0521869161 (hbk.)
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-400) and index
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- 系統號： 005206849 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
"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"--Provided by publisher
內容註
Introduction -- I. The animal within -- Locating human diet in a mamalian framework -- Diet and hominin evolution -- Seasonality of environment and diet -- Evolution of human diet and eating behaviour -- II. A brave new world -- Dietary change and health discordance -- Nutrition and infectious disease, past and present -- Inequality and nutritional health -- III. Once upon a time in the west -- Nutrition transition -- Fats in the global balance -- Feed the world with carbohydrates -- Postscript