Results for 'herman pontzer'
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Adaptable
"A new understanding of how our bodies work, how to keep them healthy, and how our biological diversity unites us rather than divides us. How does the body work-and why does it seem to work so differently for each of us? Why do we grow tall or short, obese or slim? Why do some of us stay healthy despite our bad habits while others who do all the right things fall ill? When we look around the planet, why do people vary in skin color, facial features, stature, body proportions, and disease risk? The answer is both simple and powerful: we're different because we're adaptable. Over the past 100,000 years, as humans expanded into every biome on the planet, our bodies were fine-tuned to our local environments. Adaptability is at the heart of being human and the engine of our diversity. Variation isn't a bug, it's a feature. As an evolutionary anthropologist working with human populations around the globe, Pontzer's research embraces our incredible diversity, documenting the connections between lifestyle, landscape, local adaptations, and health"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adaptable
'Engrossing, richly informative . . . challenges us to rethink universal health benchmarks' New YorkerA new way of thinking about diversity and what really unites us, from the internationally renowned author of BurnReal diversity isn't skin deep. Over the past 100,000 years, as humans expanded into every biome on the planet, our bodies and our cultures have been fine-tuned to our local environments. Beyond the physical demands of our climate, we live our lives immersed in ideas and norms that affect what we eat, how we move and why we get sick - all of which, in turn, affect how our bodies work.As an evolutionary anthropologist conducting ground-breaking research with human populations around the globe, Herman Pontzer has come to see much more clearly how our genes and environments combine to shape our bodies and our health: for better or worse. In this book, he takes us on a tour of the human body and the surprising ways it can change in response to its environment: from the Andean groups who have developed increased lung capacity to the Sama divers who have larger spleens. He also highlights the critical ways we misinterpret biological adaptations: in healthcare, public policy and individual choices.With so much of our wellbeing and public discourse centred on human biology, a clear understanding of the distinction between socially constructed and genetic differences is more important than ever. This timely reappraisal of an overlooked science is an essential guide to our remarkable bodies.
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Quema
Energy is the currency of life; without it, we die. And yet we continue to misunderstand how our metabolism works, and therefore we develop diets, exercise programs and strategies that end up failing in our attempts to lose weight. Drawing on his fieldwork with the Hadza of Tanzania and his study of primate evolution, Herman Pontzer explains how our bodies developed a great capacity to store energy to protect against periods of scarcity and famine. This book dives into how diet and physical activity affect our weight, and how our modern sedentary, overeating lifestyles have had disastrous consequences for our health. You'll never think about food and exercise the same way again.
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De energiebalans
Begrijp je lichaam: verbrand calorieën, val af en blijf gezondWe verbranden 2000 calorieën per dag. En als we bewegen en minder koolhydraten eten, vallen we af. Toch? Fout. De energiebalans van Herman Pontzer zet alles wat we dachten te weten over eten, verbranden en afvallen volledig op zijn kop. Wist je dat jager-verzamelaars als de Hadza evenveel energie verbranden als wij, wanneer we de hele dag Netflix zitten te kijken? Dat klinkt misschien onmogelijk, maar De energiebalans bewijst het tegendeel. Dit boek zet alles wat je denkt te weten over eten, verbranden en afvallen volledig op zijn kop. Dit is geen dieetboek: Pontzer laat je op wetenschappelijke wijze inzien hoe en waarom het menselijk lichaam calorieën verwerkt. De juiste balans tussen vezelrijk eten en genoeg bewegen is immers de motor achter een gezond leven. Na een avond met dit boek begrijp je waarom. Het resultaat is een onthullend, onomwonden en vermakelijk boek dat de manier waarop je eet, beweegt en leeft voorgoed zal veranderen. 'Dit heeft enorme consequenties voor onze kijk op lichaamsbeweging, voeding en de volksgezondheid.' - The Sunday Times 'Dit boek zal je doen twijfelen aan wat je denkt te weten over metabolisme en je taille.' - Stephan Guyenet, auteur van The Hungry Brain
€ 23,99