Beyond the Paleolithic prescription: Incorporating diversity and flexibility in the study of human diet evolution

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 501-510

  Turner, Bethany L ^a   Thompson, Amanda L ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Food choice; Gut microflora; Human evolution; Mismatch; Niche construction; Paleolithic diet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EATING HABIT; ENERGY BALANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MICROBIOME; NEOLITHIC; NUTRITION; PALEOLITHIC; SOCIAL LEARNING; TASTE;

DIET; FOOD CHOICE; GUT MICROFLORA; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MISMATCH; NICHE CONSTRUCTION; PALEOLITHIC DIET;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; FOOD HABITS; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84880625682     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12039     Document Type: Article

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