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Handbook of Life Course Health Development
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective, replacing previous medical, biopsychosocial, and early genomic models of health. Interdisciplinary chapters discuss major health concerns (diabetes, obesity), important less-studied conditions (hearing, kidney health), and large-scale issues (nutrition, adversity) from a lifespan vi...
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Childhood Obesity
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased worldwide in recent decades. Obesity in childhood is associated with a wide range of serious health complications and an increased risk of premature illness and death later in life. This book presents childhood obesity trends across
The Trust Crisis in Healthcare
This is a comprehensive survey of the causes and consequences of declining trust in healthcare, and provides suggestions for its restoration. The authors identify the elements of trust in the environment of modern healthcare, and analyse the sources of mistrust in key areas of medicine.
A Gut Feeling
“An inspiring account of the enormous power that diet has to change the trajectory of our health.” —Erica D. Sonnenburg, senior research scientist, Stanford University School of Medicine We all know sugar is bad for us, so why can’t we stop eating it? A Gut Feeling gives a personal and scientific look into the world of microbes that live within our bodies and how they can explain our relationship to and cravings for certain foods. The microbiome is emerging as the answer to many of our most sought after questions. Using her own story and the science currently available, Heather Wise provides a window into the latest research on the vast world of microbes in our bodies. She explains i...
The Handbook of DOHaD and Society
Research in the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease has had a fundamental impact on our understanding of how environmental experiences and contexts influence the development of health and disease over the entire lifecourse. Covering a wide range of geographic regions, this volume includes an overview of the field, key concepts, and cutting-edge examples of interdisciplinary collaboration. The first reference text covering the interdisciplinary work of DOHaD, a broad list of contents maps the history of DOHaD, showcases examples of biosocial collaboration in action, offers a conceptual toolkit for interdisciplinary research, and maps future directions for the field. The definitive volume on biosocial collaborations in DOHaD, this will be indispensable for scholars working at the intersections of public health, lifecourse epidemiology and the social science of DOHaD. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Arkansas' Spanish American War Soldiers
"This book contains an index to the nearly 3,000 men who enlisted or signed up to enlist in the spring and summer of 1898, in two units of volunteer infantry recruited from Arkansas"--Introd., page 1.
Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company
Life of the South's greatest cavalry leader whose exploits still astonish.
Health, Food and Nutrition
The book is designed to help the reader gain a better understanding of the selected aspects of health and food. It does not set out to solve individual problems, as each person s health problems are somewhat unique. These may call for personalised attention, preferably backed by competent medical support. The most an outsider a non-medical one at that can offer is information and suggestions. Possibly disabuse some readers of a few myths that hamper healthful living.
