04594nam 2200829 a 450 991045159370332120200520144314.01-280-49403-497866135892621-4008-4280-810.1515/9781400842803(CKB)2550000000102452(EBL)902773(OCoLC)793207343(SSID)ssj0000646906(PQKBManifestationID)11383127(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646906(PQKBWorkID)10593256(PQKB)11758415(MiAaPQ)EBC902773(StDuBDS)EDZ0000515137(MdBmJHUP)muse37144(DE-B1597)447595(OCoLC)979758311(DE-B1597)9781400842803(Au-PeEL)EBL902773(CaPaEBR)ebr10556462(CaONFJC)MIL358926(EXLCZ)99255000000010245220111109d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe nature of nutrition[electronic resource] a unifying framework from animal adaptation to human obesity /Stephen J. Simpson and David RaubenheimerCourse BookPrinceton Princeton University Press20121 online resource (260 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-14565-2 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One. Nutrition and Darwin's Entangled Bank -- Two. The Geometry of Nutrition -- Three. Mechanisms of Nutritional Regulation -- Four. Less Food, Less Sex, Live Longer? -- Five. Beyond Nutrients -- Six. Moving Targets -- Seven. From Individuals to Populations and Societies -- Eight. How Does Nutrition Structure Ecosystems? -- Nine. Applied Nutrition -- Ten. The Geometry of Human Nutrition -- Eleven. Perspectives -- References -- IndexNutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for nutrients determines whether wild animals thrive, how populations evolve and decline, and how ecological communities are structured. The Nature of Nutrition is the first book to address nutrition's enormously complex role in biology, both at the level of individual organisms and in their broader ecological interactions. Stephen Simpson and David Raubenheimer provide a comprehensive theoretical approach to the analysis of nutrition--the Geometric Framework. They show how it can help us to understand the links between nutrition and the biology of individual animals, including the physiological mechanisms that determine the nutritional interactions of the animal with its environment, and the consequences of these interactions in terms of health, immune responses, and lifespan. Simpson and Raubenheimer explain how these effects translate into the collective behavior of groups and societies, and in turn influence food webs and the structure of ecosystems. Then they demonstrate how the Geometric Framework can be used to tackle issues in applied nutrition, such as the problem of optimizing diets for livestock and endangered species, and how it can also help to address the epidemic of human obesity and metabolic disease. Drawing on a wealth of examples from slime molds to humans, The Nature of Nutrition has important applications in ecology, evolution, and physiology, and offers promising solutions for human health, conservation, and agriculture.NutritionNutritionResearchAnimal nutritionAdaptation (Physiology)BioenergeticsPhysiology, ExperimentalObesityEnergy metabolismElectronic books.Nutrition.NutritionResearch.Animal nutrition.Adaptation (Physiology)Bioenergetics.Physiology, Experimental.Obesity.Energy metabolism.612.3ZE 40000rvkSimpson Stephen J47524Raubenheimer David1960-1040989MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451593703321The nature of nutrition2464236UNINA