Mismatch : the lifestyle diseases timebomb / Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 285 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780191513121
- 0191513121
- Health
- Human evolution
- Ecological genetics
- Evolutionary genetics
- Genotype-environment interaction
- Medical genetics
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on
- Health
- Genetics, Medical
- Santé
- Homme -- Évolution
- Génétique écologique
- Génétique évolutive
- Interaction génotype-environnement
- Génétique médicale
- Homme -- Influence de l'environnement
- health
- MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism
- Ecological genetics
- Evolutionary genetics
- Genotype-environment interaction
- Health
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on
- Human evolution
- Medical genetics
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- RA776 .G58 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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