Human diet and nutrition in biocultural perspective : past meets present / edited by Tina Moffat and Tracy Prowse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moffat, Tina, 1967-

Prowse, Tracy Lynn.

Series:

Studies of the Biosocial Society ; v. 5.

Studies of the Biosocial Society ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diet.

Food habits.

Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Summary:

There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughout human history nutrition has been shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces, and in turn, access to food and nutrition has altered the course and direction of human societies. Using a biocultural approach, the contributors to this volume investigate the ways in which food is both an essential resource fundamental to human health and an expression of human culture and society. The chapters deal with aspects of diet and human nutrition through

Contents:

Human Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; INTRODUCTION: A Biocultural Approach to Human Diet and Nutrition; I. Evolutionary Perspectiveson Nutrition; Chapter 1. What Did Humans Evolve to Eat?; Chapter 2. Child Growth among Southern African Foragers in the Past; Chapter 3. Infant and Young Child Feeding in Human Evolution; II. Breastfeeding and Beyond: Nutrition throughout the Life Course; Chapter 4. The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis to Determine Infant and Young Child Feeding Patterns; Chapter 5. A Community in Transition

III. Food Insecurity and MalnutritionChapter 6. Dietary Diversity, Dietary Transitions, and Childhood Nutrition in Nepal; Chapter 7. Responses to a Food Crisis and Child Malnutrition in the Nigerien Sahel; IV. Nutritional Factors in Growth and Disease; Chapter 8. Growth, Morbidity, and Mortality in Antiquity; Chapter 9. Examining Nutritional Aspects of Bone Loss and Fragility across the Life Course in Bioarchaeology; Chapter 10. Obesity; CONCLUSION: Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective; Notes on Contributors; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-758-4

1-84545-981-4

OCLC:

733040235