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100	1		_aWells, Jonathan C. K., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe evolutionary biology of human body fatness : _bthrift and control / _cJonathan C.K. Wells.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 382 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; _v58
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aHuman fatness in broad context -- Proximate causes of lipid deposition and oxidation -- The ontogenetic development of adiposity -- The life-course induction of adiposity -- The fitness value of fat -- The evolutionary biology of adipose tissue -- Adiposity in hominin evolution -- Adiposity in human evolution -- The evolution of human obesity.
520			_aThis comprehensive synthesis of current medical and evolutionary literature addresses key questions about the role body fat plays in human biology. It explores how body energy stores are regulated, how they develop over the life-course, what biological functions they serve, and how they may have evolved. There is now substantial evidence that human adiposity is not merely a buffer against the threat of starvation, but is also a resource for meeting the energy costs of growth, reproduction and immune function. As such it may be considered as important in our species evolution as other traits such as bipedalism, large brains, and long life spans and developmental periods. Indeed, adiposity is integrally linked with these other traits, and with our capacity to colonise and inhabit diverse ecosystems. It is because human metabolism is so sensitive to environmental cues that manipulative economic forces are now generating the current obesity epidemic.
650		0	_aAdipose tissues _xEvolution.
650		0	_aHuman evolution.
650		0	_aObesity.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521884204
830		0	_aCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; _v58.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511691843
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