Table of Contents

Preface:
Contributors:
PART ONE. BACKGROUND
1. Introduction and Overview of Evolutionary Medicine, Wenda Trevathan, E. O. Smith, and James J. McKenna
PART TWO. Politics, Nutrition, and Diet
2. Human Evolution, Diet, and Nutrition: When the Body Meets the Buffet, Bethany L. Turner, Kenneth Maes, Jennifer Sweeney, and George J. Armelagos
3. Diabesity and Darwinian Medicine: The Evolution of an Epidemic, Leslie Sue Lieberman
4. To Eat or What Not To Eat, That's the Question: A Critique of the Official Norwegian Dietary Guidelines, Iver Mysterud, Dag Viljen Poleszynski, Fedon A. Lindberg, and Stig A. Bruset
5. Cow's Milk Consumption and Health: An Evolutionary Perspective, Andrea S. Wiley
PART THREE. SEX, REPRODUCTION, AND HEALTH
6. Not by Bread Alone: The Role of Psychosocial Stress in Age at First Reproduction and Health Inequalities, James S. Chisholm and David A. Coall
7. Early Life Effects on Reproductive Function, Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora and Gillian R. Bentley
8. Impaired Reproductive Function in Women in Western and "Westernizing" Populations: An Evolutionary Approach, Tessa M. Pollard and Nigel Unwin
9. Should Women Menstruate? An Evolutionary Perspective on Menstrual-Suppressing Oral Contraceptives, Lynnette Leidy Sievert
10. An Evolutionary Perspective on Premenstrual Syndrome: Implications for Investigating Infectious Causes of Chronic Disease, Caroline Doyle, Holly A. Swain Ewald, and Paul W. Ewald
11. The Possible Role of Eclampsia/Preeclampsia in the Evolution of Human Reproduction, Pierre-Yves Robillard, Gustaaf Dekker, Gérard Chaouat, Jean Chaline, and Thomas C. Hulsey
PART FOUR. ENVIRONMENTS, NORMALITY, AND LIFETIME HEALTH
12. Breastfeeding and Mother-Infant Sleep Proximity: Implications for Infant Care, Helen Ball and Kristin Klingaman
13. Why Words Can Hurt Us: Social Relationships, Stress, and Health, Mark V. Flinn
14. Why Are We Vulnerable to Acute Mountain Sickness?, Cynthia M. Beall
15. Evolution and Modern Behavioral Problems: The Case of Addiction, Daniel H. Lende
16. After Dark: The Evolutionary Ecology of Human Sleep, Carol M. Worthman
PART FIVE. CHRONIC DISEASES, OLD TREATMENTS, AND MORE MISUNDERSTANDING
17. Evolutionary Medicine and Obesity: Developmental Adaptive Responses in Human Body Composition, Jack Baker, Magdalena Hurtado, Osbjorn Pearson, and Troy Jones
18. The Developmental Origins of Adult Health: Intergenerational Inertia in Adaptation and Disease, Christopher W. Kuzawa
19. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Causes of Chronic Diseases: Atherosclerosis as an Illustration, Paul W. Ewald
20. Genes, Geographic Ancestry, and Disease Susceptibility: Applications of Evolutionary Medicine to Clinical Settings, Douglas E. Crews and Linda M. Gerber
21. From Ancient Seas to Modern Disease: Evolution and Congestive Heart Failure, E. Jennifer Weil
22. Evolution at the Intersection of Biology and Medicine, Stephen Lewis
23. The Importance of Evolution for Medicine, Randolph M. Nesse
Notes:
References:
Index:

Reviews

"This is a wonderful addition to Evolutionary Medicine, and both fill a unique niche. These are the best examples of why evolution is so pertinent to contemporary medicine. The chapters are provocative and force students to think in new ways. In some chapters, standard practice is turned on its head. We need future health practitioners to be thinking outside of the box. This book is an incredibly important contribution to the literature."--Joan
Stevenson, Western Washington University