Anthropology

The prevalence of obesity in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world has skyrocketed in the past 20 years.

The One Health Case Studies book is a collection of international case studies showcasing the work of One Health practitioners and their projects.

Literatura maya constituye un intento de sistematizacion y un analisis general de la literatura maya colonial, situada en su horizonte historico cultural, que busca dar una vision de conjunto del afan expresivo y la sensibilidad poetica del pueblo maya.

Nature converts molecules into edible structures, most of which are then transformed into products in factories and kitchens.

This concise handbook provides evidence-based, practical horse nutrition accessible to all readers.

Well-illustrated throughout and with in-depth analyses, Nutrition, Diet Therapy, and the Liver provides a holistic understanding of the causative elements that precipitate liver disease and the nutritional factors and regimens that reverse deteriorating hepatic function.

While the gastrointestinal tract ingests, digests, and absorbs nutrients, the liver transforms nutrients, synthesizes plasma proteins, and detoxifies bacteria and toxins absorbed from the gut.

Meeting industry demand for an authoritative, dependable resource, Vitamin E: Food Chemistry, Composition, and Analysis provides insight into the vast body of scientific knowledge available on vitamin E related to food science and technology.

A compilation of management, medical, nutrition, psychological, and physical activity facts, models, theories, interventions, and evaluation techniques, the Handbook of Pediatric Obesity: Clinical Management is the most clinically appropriate and scientifically supported source of information available for pediatric health care and research profess

This book is intended as a source of information for the many scientists who now enter the growing research field of vitamin A in health and disease, reviewing the epidemiological aspects related to vitamin A.

This unique textbook takes a holistic approach to food poisoning and food hygiene, explaining in clear and non-technical language the causes of food poisoning with practical examples from 'real-life' outbreaks.

The introduction of parenteral nutrition support has given patients with short bowel syndrome the time they need to achieve maximal intestinal rehabilitation and has allowed these patients to survive.

The most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field.

Biological justification for all forms of inequality has a long history, with the claim that particular groups suffer disproportionately from inherited flaws of ability and character used to explain a remarkably wide variety of inequalities.

Church and Manor (1913) examines the unit of English territorial organisation known as the manor.

It was once assumed that mitochondrial diseases were rare and that few people were affected.

The book probes the lesser-known history of the Great Wars in the India-Myanmar borderland from the perspective of the indigenous people of the area.

The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre is a thought-provoking exploration of the everyday tools of communication that weaves together history, art, and science to reveal how the voice, hand, and mind shape our shared experiences.

While unhealthy diet and sedentary behaviors are second only to smoking as the leading preventable cause of death in the U.

The Evolution of the English House (1933) discusses the popular and native art in domestic English architecture, tracing the changes over the years.

Statistical Analysis of Human Growth and Development is an accessible and practical guide to a wide range of basic and advanced statistical methods that are useful for studying human growth and development.

A consequence of rapid progress in the science of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics is the substantial accumulation of data covering nutrienal modulation of gene expression at the cellular and subcellular levels.

The demise of socialism in Southeast Europe coincided with the breakout of wars and genocidal violence against local Muslim populations.

The focus of food science and technology has shifted from previous goals of improving food safety and enhancing food taste toward providing healthy and functional foods.

In the Anthropocene our actions are coming home to roost.

During the fifteen years since the bestselling first edition of Folate in Health and Disease was published, there have been thousands of new research studies related to folate and its role in health and disease.

Guy Stresser-Pean analiza el proceso de cristianizacion de los indios de Mexico a la luz del estudio de un caso especifico: la Sierra Norte de Puebla.

Compiling landmark research from those laying the foundation for medical science's next leap forward, Thiamine: Catalytic Mechanisms in Normal and Disease States fully explores the pathophysiological aspects of a spectrum of diseases associated with TDP-requiring enzymes.

Supplying sustenance for millions of the poorest people in the world, freshwater flora and fauna also contribute to overall economic well-being by means of export commodity trade, tourism, and recreation.

Throughout the twentieth century, the question of culture was a central pillar of social scientific thought.

Examining how memory, intergenerational transmission, and kinship work together, Relative Strangers sheds light on Romani life in Palestine.

Lives at Risk describes the introduction of Western medicine into Egypt.

Dietary factors have been implicated in at least four of the ten leading causes of death in the U.

Applied Anthropology: An Introduction (3rd edition) is a text focused on the use of the methods and theories of anthropology to solve the practical problems of human communities.

Children's Boards in Museums outlines the innovative concept of a "e;Children's Board"e;, in which children actively participate in a museum by sharing perspectives that expand the typical circle of voices and decision-makers.

Communism in Indiaoffers an in-depth exploration of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and its influence on Indian politics and global communism.

This contributed volume offers and interdisciplinary view on several topics related to related to the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3).

This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 percent of the villagers are surnamed Kong and believe themselves to be descendants of Confucius.

'So many of us will benefit from Jess's work.

This book provides a unique insider's look at the world's largest film industry, now globally known as 'Bollywood' and challenges existing notions about Indian films.

In this book the author examines various aspects of a selection of Western Great Lakes American Indian philosophical traditions and beliefs.

In this book the author examines various aspects of a selection of Western Great Lakes American Indian philosophical traditions and beliefs.

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Art troubles anthropology.