Mismatch: the lifestyle diseases timebomb
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Main Author: Gluckman, Peter D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 285 p.)
ISBN:0191513121
9780191513121