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878584
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Wells, Jonathan C. K.
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| Title & Author
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The metabolic ghetto : : an evolutionary perspective on nutrition, power relations and chronic disease /\ Jonathan C.K. Wells.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2016.
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1 online resource (xii, 611 pages .)
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| ISBN
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0511972954
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: 131668038X
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: 1316680894
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: 9780511972959
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: 9781316680384
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: 9781316680728
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: 9781316680896
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1107009472
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1316680045
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9781107009479
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Models of chronic disease -- Links between nutrition and health -- The developmental origins of disease -- Life-course models of chronic disease aetiology -- Social, ethnic, and geographical variability -- Life history strategy -- Ancestral environments -- The evolution of human adaptability -- Sensitivity in early life -- The evolutionary biology of inequality -- The metabolic ghetto -- The emergence of agriculture -- Trade, capitalism and imperialism -- Hierarchy, growth and metabolism -- The emergence of consumerism -- The political economy of nutrition -- The dual burden of malnutrition -- A series of games -- A question of agency.
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| Abstract
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A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of nutrition in generating hierarchical societies and cultivating a global epidemic of chronic diseases.
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Chronic diseases.
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Control (Psychology)-- Social aspects.
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Nutrition disorders.
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Chronic diseases.
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Control (Psychology)-- Social aspects.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- General.
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MEDICAL-- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL-- Diseases.
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MEDICAL-- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL-- Internal Medicine.
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Nutrition disorders.
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Chronic Disease.
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Nutrition Disorders.
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Power, Psychological.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| Dewey Classification
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616/.044
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| LC Classification
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RC108.W45 2016
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WT 500
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