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  • Principles of Evolutionary Medicine

    by Peter Gluckman, Alan Beedle, Tatjana Buklijas, Felicia Low, Mark Hanson ...
    Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core discipline by medical and public health professionals. Advances in the field of genomics, epigenetics, developmental biology, and epidemiology have led to the growing realisation that incorporating evolutionary thinking is essential for medicine to achieve its full potential. ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Nutrition and Lifestyle for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

    by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson, Chong Yap Seng, Anne Bardsley ...
    Explaining the practical implications of new discoveries in 'life-course biology', Nutrition and Lifestyle for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding is an informed resource on factors that affect offspring development. The impact of parental lifestyle and behavioural choices influence not only fetal development and birth outcomes, but also postnatal development, yet guidance on appropriate diet, behaviour, ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Plasticity, Robustness, Development and Evolution

    by Patrick Bateson, Peter Gluckman ...
    How do we understand and explain the apparent dichotomy between plasticity and robustness in the context of development? Can we identify these complex processes without resorting to 'either/or' solutions? Written by two leaders in the field, this is the first book to fully unravel the complexity of the subject, explaining that the epigenetic processes generating plasticity and robustness are in ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Ingenious

    The Unintended Consequences of Human Innovation

    by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson ...
    As humans evolved, we developed technologies to modify our environment, yet these innovations are increasingly affecting our behavior, biology, and society. Now we must figure out how to function in the world we’ve created.Over thousands of years, humans have invented ingenious ways to gain mastery over our environment. The ability to communicate, accumulate knowledge collectively, and build on ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Mismatch

    The lifestyle diseases timebomb

    by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson ...
    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 seeing the impact of this mismatch in the explosion of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. But it also has consequences in earlier puberty ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Fat, Fate, and Disease

    Why exercise and diet are not enough

    by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson ...
    'Why are we losing the war against obesity and chronic disease?' This is the simple question Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson ask, exploring the dominant myth that the exploding epidemic of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes can be tackled by focusing on adult life styles. Addressing the flawed approach of the weight-loss industry, they explain why a continued focus simply on diet and exercise ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    Edited by Lucilla Poston, Keith M. Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson ...
    The concept of the early life developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) in adults has stimulated a new approach to understanding disease trajectories, with major public health implications. Indeed, the principle of the 'lifecourse of disease' now influences health policies internationally. Environmental influences during pregnancy and early life that affect lifelong health are well ... Read more

    $91.09 USD

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    Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential

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  • Human Growth and Development

    Edited by Noel Cameron, Lawrence Schell ...
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  • Personalized Nutrition

    Translating Nutrigenetic/Nutrigenomic Research into Dietary Guidelines

    by Berthold Koletzko ...
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