{"product_id":"human-diet-and-nutrition-in-biocultural-perspective-past-meets-present-9781845457655","title":"Human Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThere 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe editors provide a nice integration of the book material in the conclusion. While the individual chapters do not, for the most part, provide examples of integrative biocultural approaches, the editors skilfully weave them together thematically and in relation to current issues in the conclusion…the book provides a nice sampling of the spectrum of data and approaches that constitute the field, and as such would be useful for a class in nutritional anthropology.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  · \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJRAI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe individual chapters presented in the volume are well written and together detail a broad range of methodological approaches to the topics around which the volume is structured…This edited volume would be of particular interest to advanced graduate students or researchers interested in the specific topics covered by each chapter\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eMedical Anthropology Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e·\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlan Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e, Hampshire College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Boxes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction: A Biocultural Approach to Human Diet and Nutrition\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eT. Moffat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eT. Prowse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON NUTRITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Nutritional and Metabolic Influences on Human Brain Evolution\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eW. R. Leonard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eM. L. Robertson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJ. J. Snodgrass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Child Growth among Southern African Foragers in the Past\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eS. Pfeiffer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eL. Harrington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Infant and Young Child Feeding in Human Evolution\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eD. W. Sellen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: BREASTFEEDING AND BEYOND: NUTRITION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE COURSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis to Determine Infant and Young Child Feeding Patterns\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eT. L. Dupras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e A Community in Transition: Deconstructing Breastfeeding Trends in Gibraltar, 1955-96\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eL. A. Sawchuk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eE. K. Bryce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eS. D. A. Burke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Dietary Diversity, Dietary Transitions and Childhood Nutrition in Nepal: Questions of Methodology and Practice\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eT. Moffat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eE. Finnis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Responses to a Food Crisis and Child Malnutrition in the Nigerien Sahel\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eR. E. Casiday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eK. R. Hampshire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eC. Panter-Brick\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eK. Kilpatrick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART IV: NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN GROWTH AND DISEASE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Growth, Morbidity, and Mortality in Antiquity: A Case Study from Imperial Rome\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eT. Prowse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eS. Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eC. Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL. Bondioli\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eR. Macchiarelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Examining Nutritional Aspects of Bone Loss and Fragility across the Life Cycle in Bioarchaeology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eS. C. Agarwal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eB. Glencross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Obesity - An Emerging Epidemic: Temporal trends in North America\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eP. T. Katzmarzyk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART V: CONCLUSION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective: Back to the Future\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eT. Prowse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eT. Moffat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tContributors\u003cbr\u003e \tGlossary\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042987344215,"sku":"9781845457655","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/human-diet-and-nutrition-in-biocultural-perspective-past-meets-present-9781845457655","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}