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Tina Moffat & Tracy Prowse 
Human Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective 
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There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughout human history nutrition has been shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces, and in turn, access to food and nutrition has altered the course and direction of human societies. Using a biocultural approach, the contributors to this volume investigate the ways in which food is both an essential resource fundamental to human health and an expression of human culture and society. The chapters deal with aspects of diet and human nutrition through space and time and span prehistoric, historic, and contemporary societies spread over various geographical regions, including Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia to highlight how biology and culture are inextricably linked.

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Chapter 1. Introduction: A Biocultural Approach to Human Diet and Nutrition
T. Moffat and T. Prowse


PART I: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON NUTRITION


Chapter 2. Nutritional and Metabolic Influences on Human Brain Evolution
W. R. Leonard, M. L. Robertson and J. J. Snodgrass


Chapter 3. Child Growth among Southern African Foragers in the Past
S. Pfeiffer and L. Harrington


Chapter 4. Infant and Young Child Feeding in Human Evolution
D. W. Sellen


PART II: BREASTFEEDING AND BEYOND: NUTRITION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE COURSE


Chapter 5. The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis to Determine Infant and Young Child Feeding Patterns
T. L. Dupras


Chapter 6. A Community in Transition: Deconstructing Breastfeeding Trends in Gibraltar, 1955-96
L. A. Sawchuk, E. K. Bryce and S. D. A. Burke


PART III: FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION


Chapter 7. Dietary Diversity, Dietary Transitions and Childhood Nutrition in Nepal: Questions of Methodology and Practice
T. Moffat and E. Finnis


Chapter 8. Responses to a Food Crisis and Child Malnutrition in the Nigerien Sahel
R. E. Casiday, K. R. Hampshire, C. Panter-Brick and K. Kilpatrick


PART IV: NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN GROWTH AND DISEASE


Chapter 9. Growth, Morbidity, and Mortality in Antiquity: A Case Study from Imperial Rome
T. Prowse, S. Saunders, C. Fitzgerald, L. Bondioli and R. Macchiarelli


Chapter 10. Examining Nutritional Aspects of Bone Loss and Fragility across the Life Cycle in Bioarchaeology
S. C. Agarwal and B. Glencross


Chapter 11. Obesity – An Emerging Epidemic: Temporal trends in North America
P. T. Katzmarzyk


PART V: CONCLUSION


Chapter 12. Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective: Back to the Future
T. Prowse and T. Moffat


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Tracy Prowse is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Mc Master University. Her research explores diet and health in past populations using paleopathological and isotopic analyses of human bones and teeth. She has published on the paleodiet of Roman Italy in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and the Journal of Archaeological Science.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 282 ● ISBN 9781845459819 ● File size 3.9 MB ● Editor Tina Moffat & Tracy Prowse ● Publisher Berghahn Books ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2010 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2800665 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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