The evolution of obesity / Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin
- Bib ID:
- 4664375
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Power, Michael L
- Description:
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- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
- ix, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780801892622
- 0801892627
- Full contents:
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- Introduction : human biology, evolution, and obseity
- Humanity is on the fat track
- Our early ancestors
- The evolution of meals
- Evolution, adaptation, and human obesity
- Evolution, adaptation, and the perils of modern life
- Energy, metabolism, and the thermodynamics of life
- Information molecules and the peptide revolution
- Appetite and satiety
- Getting ready to eat
- The paradox of feeding
- The biology of fat
- Fat and reproduction
- Genetic and epigenetic correlates of obesity
- Conclusion : surviving the perils of modern life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-382) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Schulkin, Jay
- Copyright:
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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