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245 00 a| Human diet and nutrition in biocultural perspective :b| past meets present /c| edited by Tina Moffat and Tracy Prowse.;

260 a| New York :b| Berghahn Books,c| 2010.;

300 a| xi, 269 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Studies of the biosocial society ;v| v. 5;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "This is a high-quality publication. Many of the chapters are excellent reviews of methods and perspectives in their particular area. The editors have clearly done a good job... There is a strong mix of topics that go well together and are tied together by the first and last chapters."--Alan Goodman, Hampshire College.;

520 a| There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humanking 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 space and time and span prehistoric, historic, and contemporary societies spread over various geographical regions, including Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia to highlight how biology and culture are inextricably linked. --Book Jacket.;

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

Other author	Moffat, Tina, 1967-
Other author	Prowse, Tracy Lynn.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
Description	xi, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Food habits. Diet. Nutrition.

Series	Studies of the biosocial society ; v. 5 Studies of the Biosocial Society ; v. 5. ^A1034422
Contents	Machine generated contents note: Evolutionary Perspectives on Nutrition -- 1. What Did Humans Evolve to Eat? Metabolic Implications of Major Trends in Hominid Evolution / J. J. Snodgrass -- 2. Child Growth among Southern African Foragers in the Past / L. Harrington -- 3. Infant and Young Child Feeding in Human Evolution / D. W. Sellen -- Breastfeeding and Beyond: Nutrition throughout the Life Course -- 4. The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis to Determine Infant and Young Child Feeding Patterns / T. L. Dupras -- 5. A Community in Transition: Deconstructing Breastfeeding Trends in Gibraltar, 1955-1996 / S. D. A. Burke -- Food Insecurity and Malnutrition -- 6. Dietary Diversity, Dietary Transitions, and Childhood Nutrition in Nepal: Questions of Methodology and Practice / E. Finnis -- 7. Responses to a Food Crisis and Child Malnutrition in the Nigerien Sahel / K. Kilpatrick -- Nutritional Factors in Growth and Disease -- 8. Growth, Morbidity, and Mortality in Antiquity: A Case Study from Imperial Rome / R. MacChiarelli -- 9. Examining Nutritional Aspects of Bone Loss and Fragility across the Life Course in Bioarchaeology / B. Glencross -- 10. Obesity: An Emerging Epidemic -- Temporal Trends in North America / P. T. Katzmarzyk.
Abstract	"This is a high-quality publication. Many of the chapters are excellent reviews of methods and perspectives in their particular area. The editors have clearly done a good job... There is a strong mix of topics that go well together and are tied together by the first and last chapters."--Alan Goodman, Hampshire College.
Abstract	There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humanking 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 space and time and span prehistoric, historic, and contemporary societies spread over various geographical regions, including Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia to highlight how biology and culture are inextricably linked. --Book Jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010023854
ISBN	9781845457655
ISBN	184545765X

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