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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453738203321

Autore

Gluckman Peter D

Titolo

Mismatch [[electronic resource] ] : why our world no longer fits our bodies / / Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-4294-7003-8

0-19-151312-1

1-280-75317-X

1-281-77002-7

9786611770020

0-19-155176-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HansonMark A

Disciplina

576.5/8

Soggetti

Ecological genetics

Evolution (Biology)

Genotype-environment interaction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Our Bodies and our World; Part I. Match; 1. Our Comfort Zone; 2. Where Have We Come From?; 3. When We Were Very Young; 4. Things Ain't What They Used to Be; 5. Constrained by our Pasts; Part II. Mismatch; 6. Coming of Age; 7. A Life of Luxury; 8. Four Score Years and Ten; 9. Match and Mismatch; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgements; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Sommario/riassunto

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