{"product_id":"the-starting-gate-9780520239555","title":"The Starting Gate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause low birth weight is often accompanied by social risk factors such as minority racial status, low education, young maternal age, and low income, the question of causes and consequences - of precisely how biological and social factors figure into this equation - becomes especially tricky to sort out. This title answers this question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures Acknowledgments  1. The Baby or the Egg? Birth Weight and the Gene-Environment Divide 2. John Henry, Black Mayors, and Silver Spoons: Race and the Inheritance of Birth Weight 3. What Money Can and Can't Buy: Income and Infant Health 4. Is Biology Destiny? Birth Weight, Infant Mortality, and Educational Achievement 5. Reconsidering Risk: Biosocial Policy Implications  Appendix A: Data, Variables, and Methods Appendix B: Tables Notes Bibliography Index Figures","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402820133207,"sku":"9780520239555","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520239555.jpg?v=1730481602","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-starting-gate-9780520239555","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}