Hormones, Health and Behaviour : A Socio-ecological and Lifespan Perspective
Editorial Reviews
Review
'This book is a wonderful advertisement for human biology as practiced by anthropologists. It is conceptually state-of-the-art, empirically rigorous and shows how basic research can enlighten practical concerns about health ... This book clearly deserves to be read by more than the small group of biological anthropologists who have pioneered extensive studies of hormones and health in field settings ... this book is a gem and a must read for the audience of AJHB.' Benjamin Campbell, American Journal of Human Biology
'I strongly recommend the book to my colleagues, particularly to those who are basic science researchers.' Istvan Merchenthaler, TEM
'This is an excellent volume that pulls together much of the existing research literature on hormones and health where data have been collected under realistic field conditions. It will provide graduate students and professionals a foundation for understanding this area of research and moving into it.' Human Biology
Book Description
As widespread social transformations have been paralleled by gains in health and life expectancy through public health and other improvements, a variety of new obstacles to health have emerged. Lifestyle-related, behaviorally mediated changes in rates of chronic disease are the most prevalent of these new challenges. This book examines the relationship between human biology and human society, and how behavior, hormones, and health intersect. There is both scientific interest and practical urgency behind the ideas and findings presented here, as the need for a socioecological view of function and well-being has become more apparent. This book documents an emerging understanding of how hormones create the linkage between behavior or social life and health.
Hormones, Health and Behaviour: A Socio-ecological and Lifespan Perspective,Catherine Panter-Brick,Carol M. Worthman,Cambridge University Press,0521573327,Anthropology - General,Clinical health psychology,Epidemiology,Human ecology,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology,Medicine And Psychology,Physical Anthropology,Psychoneuroendocrinology,Public Health,Science,Science/Mathematics,Social Science,Human biology,Physiology,Science / Biology
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