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Title:
Human growth and development
Author:
Cameron, Noël, editor.
ISBN:
9780123846518

9780123838827
Edition:
Second edition.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxv, 582 pages, [15] pages plates) : illustrations (some color)
Contents:
The Human Growth Curve, Canalization and Catch-Up Growth -- Growth in Infancy and Childhood: A Pediatric Approach -- Adolescent Growth -- Puberty -- Endocrine Control of Growth -- Nutrition and Growth -- Genomics, Epigenetics and Growth -- The Genetic Epidemiology of Growth and Development -- The Genetic Epidemiology of Growth and Development -- Environmental Effects on Growth -- The Evolution of Human Growth -- Early Environments, Developmental Plasticity and Chronic Degenerative Disease -- Leg Length, Body Proportion, Health and Beauty1 -- Physical Activity as a Factor in Growth and Maturation -- Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Brain Growth -- Saltation and Stasis -- Lectures on Human Growth -- Body Composition During Growth and Development -- The Measurement of Human Growth -- Assessment of Maturation -- Growth References and Standards.
Abstract:
Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, the second edition of Human Growth and Development is a valued resource for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. With timely chapters on obesity, diet / lifestyle, and genetics, this edition is the only publication offering a biological, biomedical and biocultural approach. The second edition of Human Growth and Development includes contributions from the well-known experts in the field and is the most reputable, comprehensive resource available.

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