Diet and Our Genetic Legacy in the Recent Anthropocene: A Darwinian Perspective to Nutritional Health

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-83

  Lucock, Mark D ^a   Martin, Charlotte E ^a   Yates, Zoe R ^a   Veysey, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Central Coast Local Health District ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Darwinian medicine; epigenetics; nutritional anthropology; nutritional genetics; preventative medicine

Indexed keywords

DARWINIAN MEDICINE; DIET; DISEASES; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL GENETICS; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW;

DARWINIAN MEDICINE; EPIGENETICS; NUTRITIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL GENETICS; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84890907231     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587213503345     Document Type: Review

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