The Resource The Nature of Nutrition : a Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity, Stephen J. Simpson and David Raubenheimer
The Nature of Nutrition : a Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity, Stephen J. Simpson and David Raubenheimer
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- Summary
- Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for nutrients determines whether wild animals thrive, how populations evolve and decline, and how ecological communities are structured. The Nature of Nutrition is the first book to address nutrition's enormously complex role in biology, both at the level of individual organisms and in their broader ecological interactions. Stephen Simpson and David Raubenheimer provide a comprehensive theoretical approach to the analysis of nutrition - the Geometric Framework. They show how it can help us to understand the links between nutrition and the biology of individual animals, including the physiological mechanisms that determine the nutritional interactions of the animal with its environment, and the consequences of these interactions in terms of health, immune responses, and lifespan. Simpson and Raubenheimer explain how these effects translate into the collective behavior of groups and societies, and in turn influence food webs and the structure of ecosystems. Then they demonstrate how the Geometric Framework can be used to tackle issues in applied nutrition, such as the problem of optimizing diets for livestock and endangered species, and how it can also help to address the epidemic of human obesity and metabolic disease. Drawing on a wealth of examples from slime molds to humans, The Nature of Nutrition has important applications in ecology, evolution, and physiology, and offers promising solutions for human health, conservation, and agriculture
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 239 pages)
- Contents
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- Nutrition and Darwin's entangled bank
- The geometry of nutrition
- Mechanisms of nutritional regulation
- Less food, less sex, live longer?
- Beyond nutrients
- Moving targets
- From individuals to populations and societies
- How does nutrition structure ecosystems?
- Applied nutrition
- The geometry of human nutrition
- Perspectives
- Isbn
- 9781400842803
- Label
- The Nature of Nutrition : a Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity
- Title
- The Nature of Nutrition
- Title remainder
- a Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen J. Simpson and David Raubenheimer
- Subject
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- Adaptation (Physiology)
- Adaptation (Physiology)
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animal nutrition
- Animal nutrition
- Bioenergetics
- Bioenergetics
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Energy Metabolism
- Energy metabolism
- Energy metabolism
- Nutrition
- Nutrition
- Nutrition -- Research
- Nutrition -- Research
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Nutritional Requirements
- Obesity
- Obesity
- Physiology, Experimental
- Physiology, Experimental
- MEDICAL -- Nutrition
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for nutrients determines whether wild animals thrive, how populations evolve and decline, and how ecological communities are structured. The Nature of Nutrition is the first book to address nutrition's enormously complex role in biology, both at the level of individual organisms and in their broader ecological interactions. Stephen Simpson and David Raubenheimer provide a comprehensive theoretical approach to the analysis of nutrition - the Geometric Framework. They show how it can help us to understand the links between nutrition and the biology of individual animals, including the physiological mechanisms that determine the nutritional interactions of the animal with its environment, and the consequences of these interactions in terms of health, immune responses, and lifespan. Simpson and Raubenheimer explain how these effects translate into the collective behavior of groups and societies, and in turn influence food webs and the structure of ecosystems. Then they demonstrate how the Geometric Framework can be used to tackle issues in applied nutrition, such as the problem of optimizing diets for livestock and endangered species, and how it can also help to address the epidemic of human obesity and metabolic disease. Drawing on a wealth of examples from slime molds to humans, The Nature of Nutrition has important applications in ecology, evolution, and physiology, and offers promising solutions for human health, conservation, and agriculture
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- Simpson, Stephen J
- Dewey number
- 612.3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QP141
- LC item number
- .S534 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Raubenheimer, David
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nutrition
- Nutrition
- Animal nutrition
- Adaptation (Physiology)
- Bioenergetics
- Physiology, Experimental
- Obesity
- Energy metabolism
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Nutritional Requirements
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Energy Metabolism
- Obesity
- MEDICAL
- Adaptation (Physiology)
- Animal nutrition
- Bioenergetics
- Energy metabolism
- Nutrition
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Physiology, Experimental
- Label
- The Nature of Nutrition : a Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity, Stephen J. Simpson and David Raubenheimer
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Nutrition and Darwin's entangled bank -- The geometry of nutrition -- Mechanisms of nutritional regulation -- Less food, less sex, live longer? -- Beyond nutrients -- Moving targets -- From individuals to populations and societies -- How does nutrition structure ecosystems? -- Applied nutrition -- The geometry of human nutrition -- Perspectives
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- 793207343
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- 1 online resource (vii, 239 pages)
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- 9781400842803
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- The Nature of Nutrition : a Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity, Stephen J. Simpson and David Raubenheimer
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Nutrition and Darwin's entangled bank -- The geometry of nutrition -- Mechanisms of nutritional regulation -- Less food, less sex, live longer? -- Beyond nutrients -- Moving targets -- From individuals to populations and societies -- How does nutrition structure ecosystems? -- Applied nutrition -- The geometry of human nutrition -- Perspectives
- Control code
- 793207343
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 239 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400842803
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- unknown
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- computer
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- rdamedia
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- c
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- ebr10556462
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- System control number
- (OCoLC)793207343
Subject
- Adaptation (Physiology)
- Adaptation (Physiology)
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animal nutrition
- Animal nutrition
- Bioenergetics
- Bioenergetics
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Energy Metabolism
- Energy metabolism
- Energy metabolism
- Nutrition
- Nutrition
- Nutrition -- Research
- Nutrition -- Research
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Nutritional Requirements
- Obesity
- Obesity
- Physiology, Experimental
- Physiology, Experimental
- MEDICAL -- Nutrition
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