The Biological and Cultural Sources of Variability in Human Nutrition PDF Download

Author: Sheldon Margen
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Languages : en
Pages : 313

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Abstract: Based on the symposium "The Biological and Cultural Sources of Variability in Human Nutrition (University of California, Berkeley, December 3-5, 1975), the updated papers examine the history and evolution of man and his food. Considered are man and food in terms of history and ethnography; present-day man and his genetic and cultural relationships to food along with ability to adapt; and why malnutrition (including undernutrition and overnutrition) has become a serious problem and where to look for solutions. Papers discuss aspects of the following major topics: man's historical and sociocultural evolution and the effect of nutrition; effects of man's cultural and biological interactions and variability on nutrition; biological variables in human nutrition--human adaptability to nutritional variables; limits of tolerance of man's biological variability; and man's complex culture of today and tomorrow--can man's biological adaptation cope with cultural change, especially as regards nutrition?