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基本説明
With timely chapters on obesity, diet/lifestyle, and genetics, this edition is the only publication offering a biological, biomedical and biocultural appraoch.
Full Description
Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, the second edition of Human Growth and Development is a valued resource for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. With timely chapters on obesity, diet / lifestyle, and genetics, this edition is the only publication offering a biological, biomedical and biocultural approach. The second edition of Human Growth and Development includes contributions from the well-known experts in the field and is the most reputable, comprehensive resource available.
Contents
1. Human growth curve, canalization and catch-up growth
2. Growth in Infancy and childhood
3. Adolescence : somatic growth and sex differences
4. Puberty
5. Endocrine control of growth
6. Nutrition and growth
7. Genomics and Epigenetics
8. Genetic epidemiology of growth and development
9. Social and economic effects on growth
10. Environmental effects on growth
11. Evolution of human growth
12. Developmental origins and human growth and senescence
13. Growth, proportionality and health
14. Physical activity and human growth
15. Brain and neurological development
16. Saltation and Stasis
17. Endocrine disorders of growth
18. Body composition
19. The measurement of human growth
20. The assessment of maturation
21. Growth references and standards
