Mismatch : why our world no longer fits our bodies / Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gluckman, Peter D.

Contributor:

Hanson, Mark A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecological genetics.

Evolution (Biology).

Genotype-environment interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our modern lifestyles, city-bound with abundant nutrition - are far removed from the hunter-gatherer lifestyles of our ancestors. However we have not evolved to reflect this change. This fascinating and controversial book explores whether it is this 'mismatch' that has led to the deadly explosion in lifestyle diseases we face today. - ;We have built a world that no longer fits our bodies. Our genes - selected through our evolution - and the many processes by which our development is tuned within the womb, limit our capacity to adapt to the modern urban lifestyle. There is a mismatch. We are se

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Our Bodies and our World; Part I. Match; 1. Our Comfort Zone; 2. Where Have We Come From?; 3. When We Were Very Young; 4. Things Ain't What They Used to Be; 5. Constrained by our Pasts; Part II. Mismatch; 6. Coming of Age; 7. A Life of Luxury; 8. Four Score Years and Ten; 9. Match and Mismatch; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgements; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-266) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4294-7003-8

0-19-151312-1

1-280-75317-X

1-281-77002-7

9786611770020

0-19-155176-7

OCLC:

476243201