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Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 198.00This compilation, written by many of the world's leading experts, summarizes the scientific and clinical advances in our understanding of the link between early development and the onset of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis. more...
The Fetal Matrix
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 70.00A ground-breaking and fascinating account of fetal origins of adult disease. more...
Mismatch
OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 17.95Our 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... more...
Mismatch
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 18.99We 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.... more...
Plasticity, Robustness, Development and Evolution
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 37.00The first book to clarify the relationship between plasticity and robustness in the context of development and evolution. more...
Fat, Fate, and Disease : Why we are losing the war against obesity and chronic disease
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 21.99Why 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... more...
Principles of Evolutionary Medicine
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 48.99Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core underpinning discipline by medical and public health professionals. Advances in the fields of genomics, epigenetics, developmental biology and epidemiology have led to the growing realisation that incorporating evolutionary thinking... more...
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