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Lädt ... Mismatch: Why Our World No Longer Fits Our Bodies (2006. Auflage)von Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson
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Our 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 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 se Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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We are not living in an environment which shares too many similarities to that of our distant ancestors, and the evolutionary adaptations to the environment of our earlier times do not serve us well today. We have a mismatch between our evolutionarily-infomred biology and our current living conditions. The result is a maladaptive response of our bodies to current living conditions: food, crowded cities, and all the stresses of "modern life." We are left with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and in some ways a loss of synchronization between our bodies and brains (earlier puberty mismatched with a later assumption of adult roles in society).
A very good read. ( )