Preface:
Contributors:
PART ONE. BACKGROUND
1. Introduction and Overview of Evolutionary Medicine, Wenda
Trevathan, E. O. Smith, and James J. McKenna
PART TWO. Politics, Nutrition, and Diet
2. Human Evolution, Diet, and Nutrition: When the Body Meets the
Buffet, Bethany L. Turner, Kenneth Maes, Jennifer Sweeney, and
George J. Armelagos
3. Diabesity and Darwinian Medicine: The Evolution of an Epidemic,
Leslie Sue Lieberman
4. To Eat or What Not To Eat, That's the Question: A Critique of
the Official Norwegian Dietary Guidelines, Iver Mysterud, Dag
Viljen Poleszynski, Fedon A. Lindberg, and Stig A. Bruset
5. Cow's Milk Consumption and Health: An Evolutionary Perspective,
Andrea S. Wiley
PART THREE. SEX, REPRODUCTION, AND HEALTH
6. Not by Bread Alone: The Role of Psychosocial Stress in Age at
First Reproduction and Health Inequalities, James S. Chisholm and
David A. Coall
7. Early Life Effects on Reproductive Function, Alejandra Núñez-de
la Mora and Gillian R. Bentley
8. Impaired Reproductive Function in Women in Western and
"Westernizing" Populations: An Evolutionary Approach, Tessa M.
Pollard and Nigel Unwin
9. Should Women Menstruate? An Evolutionary Perspective on
Menstrual-Suppressing Oral Contraceptives, Lynnette Leidy
Sievert
10. An Evolutionary Perspective on Premenstrual Syndrome:
Implications for Investigating Infectious Causes of Chronic
Disease, Caroline Doyle, Holly A. Swain Ewald, and Paul W.
Ewald
11. The Possible Role of Eclampsia/Preeclampsia in the Evolution of
Human Reproduction, Pierre-Yves Robillard, Gustaaf Dekker, Gérard
Chaouat, Jean Chaline, and Thomas C. Hulsey
PART FOUR. ENVIRONMENTS, NORMALITY, AND LIFETIME HEALTH
12. Breastfeeding and Mother-Infant Sleep Proximity: Implications
for Infant Care, Helen Ball and Kristin Klingaman
13. Why Words Can Hurt Us: Social Relationships, Stress, and
Health, Mark V. Flinn
14. Why Are We Vulnerable to Acute Mountain Sickness?, Cynthia M.
Beall
15. Evolution and Modern Behavioral Problems: The Case of
Addiction, Daniel H. Lende
16. After Dark: The Evolutionary Ecology of Human Sleep, Carol M.
Worthman
PART FIVE. CHRONIC DISEASES, OLD TREATMENTS, AND MORE
MISUNDERSTANDING
17. Evolutionary Medicine and Obesity: Developmental Adaptive
Responses in Human Body Composition, Jack Baker, Magdalena Hurtado,
Osbjorn Pearson, and Troy Jones
18. The Developmental Origins of Adult Health: Intergenerational
Inertia in Adaptation and Disease, Christopher W. Kuzawa
19. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Causes of Chronic Diseases:
Atherosclerosis as an Illustration, Paul W. Ewald
20. Genes, Geographic Ancestry, and Disease Susceptibility:
Applications of Evolutionary Medicine to Clinical Settings, Douglas
E. Crews and Linda M. Gerber
21. From Ancient Seas to Modern Disease: Evolution and Congestive
Heart Failure, E. Jennifer Weil
22. Evolution at the Intersection of Biology and Medicine, Stephen
Lewis
23. The Importance of Evolution for Medicine, Randolph M. Nesse
Notes:
References:
Index:
"This is a wonderful addition to Evolutionary Medicine, and both
fill a unique niche. These are the best examples of why evolution
is so pertinent to contemporary medicine. The chapters are
provocative and force students to think in new ways. In some
chapters, standard practice is turned on its head. We need future
health practitioners to be thinking outside of the box. This book
is an incredibly important contribution to the
literature."--Joan
Stevenson, Western Washington University
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