Human Growth and Development - Hardcover

Noël Cameron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123838827 ISBN 13: 9780123838827

Publisher: Academic Press, 2012

Synopsis

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. It includes: new chapters discussing genomics and epigenetics, developmental origins, body proportions and health and the brain and neurological development; presented in the form of lectures to facilitate student programming; and updated content highlighting the latest research on the relationship between early growth and later (adult) outcomes: the developmental origins of health and disease.

About this title

About the Authors

Noel Cameron spent from 1984 to 1997 as Associate (1987) and then Full Professor of Anatomy and Human Biology (1994) in the Department of Anatomy of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He returned to the UK in 1997 as Professor of Human Biology at his alma mater, Loughborough University. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in 1998 for his significant contribution to research in human biology.

Dr. Cameron is Secretary General of the International Society for the Study of Human Growth and Clinical Auxology (ISGA), and President of the European Anthropological Association. He is also an Honorary Research Associate of the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He was awarded the Doctor of Science (DSc) degree from Loughborough University in 2018 for his significant contribution to knowledge in human growth and development.

Lawrence M. Schell is a Professor of Anthropology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the State University of New York in Albany, New York. His research concerns the interrelationship between biology and culture and focuses on biological responses to contemporary urban environments. Dr. Schell has three current research projects. One looks at the effect of lead on child physical and cognitive development in Albany, NY. The second project seeks to address the growing concern about the effect of certain pollutants on sexual and physical development. The third study examines the relationship of pollutants to the reproductive health of Akwesasne women who are concerned that pollution exposure may have damaged their ability to have children. He has published over 65 articles and reviews, including several reviews on urbanism, pollution and child health. He received his Ph.D. in biological anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania; his B.A. from Oberlin College.

From the Back Cover

Human Growth and Development, 2e offers the most pertinent information from leading specialists to create a one-volume resource for students, instructors, researchers, and practitioners with an interest in human growth and development. The second edition of Human Growth and Development, 2e now includes a biocultural approach. It maintains core chapters on growth in infancy, childhood, adolescence and puberty, the evolution of human growth and the endocrine and genetic control of growth. Chapters on environmental, nutritional and socio-economic influences are updated with the latest research information as well as new chapters discussing genomics and epigenetics, developmental origins, body proportions and health and the brain and neurological development. Human Growth and Development, 2e provides the definitive content on studying human growth from fetus to adulthood, as well as the diagnosis and therapy of developmental disorders and diseases. This book will be of value to the fields of human biology, developmental biology, physical anthropology, medicine, physiology, anthropology, education and the social sciences in which the object of research is to understand and account for the growth and development of children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123838827
• ISBN 13: 9780123838827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 600