Human Growth and Development

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Noel Cameron, Lawrence Schell, UK) Cameron, Noel (Professor of Human Biology, Centre for Global Health and Human Development, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United States) Schell, Lawrence (Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY

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Human Growth and Development, Third Edition provides a comprehensive volume covering the biology of human growth and the genetic, endocrine, environmental, nutritional, and socio-economic factors that contribute towards its full expression. Human Growth and Development continues to be a valuable resource for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. For the new edition, updates are made to all fourteen of the "core chapters" of the book which form the essential reading for a comprehensive understanding of human growth and development. Additionally, new special topics are covered including the interpretation of recently found sub-adult fossils that expand our understanding of the evolution of human growth and a discussion of the early pattern of growth and development as the developmental origins of risk for non-communicable diseases of adulthood.

Human Growth and Development, Third Edition includes contributions from the well-known experts in the field and is the most reputable, comprehensive resource available.

New chapters include the impact of physical activity across childhood and adolescence, information on the evolution of the human growth pattern and the contribution of epigenetics to our understanding of human growth
Offers the necessary tools to connect human development data with predictive medicine
Provides extensive depth on content in the form of easily digestible lecture length chapters

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-11-22
Mått191 x 235 x 37 mm
Vikt1 220 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor592
Upplaga3
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780128226520

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Noel Cameron spent from 1984 to 1997 as Associate (1987) and then Full Professor of Anatomy and Human Biology (1994) in the Department of Anatomy of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He returned to the UK in 1997 as Professor of Human Biology at his alma mater, Loughborough University. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in 1998 for his significant contribution to research in human biology. Dr. Cameron is Secretary General of the International Society for the Study of Human Growth and Clinical Auxology (ISGA), and President of the European Anthropological Association. He is also an Honorary Research Associate of the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He was awarded the Doctor of Science (DSc) degree from Loughborough University in 2018 for his significant contribution to knowledge in human growth and development. Lawrence M. Schell is a Professor of Anthropology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the State University of New York in Albany, New York. His research concerns the interrelationship between biology and culture and focuses on biological responses to contemporary urban environments. Dr. Schell has three current research projects. One looks at the effect of lead on child physical and cognitive development in Albany, NY. The second project seeks to address the growing concern about the effect of certain pollutants on sexual and physical development. The third study examines the relationship of pollutants to the reproductive health of Akwesasne women who are concerned that pollution exposure may have damaged their ability to have children. He has published over 65 articles and reviews, including several reviews on urbanism, pollution and child health. He received his Ph.D. in biological anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania; his B.A. from Oberlin College.

1. The pattern of human growth2. Growth in infancy and childhood3. Childhood and juvenile growth4. Adolescence5. Puberty6. Endocrine control of growth7. Nutrition and Growth8. Genetics and genetic epidemiology of growth and development9. Social and Economic effects on growth10. Environmental effects on growth11. The measurement of human growth12. Assessment of maturation13. Growth modelling14. Growth references and standardsSpecial topics1. The evolution of human growth2. Early environments and adult health3. Physical activity and growth4. Biological models of human growth5. Body composition and obesity6. Epigenetics and growth