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Fat Studies
Fat studies is an area of academic scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. The fat studies list contains academic works on this topic and books that seek to create social change around weight oppression. Books that promote of the goal of weight loss are on a different topic.
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If, though, the phenotype then encountered an environment richer than expected, the thrifty phenotype might be -mismatched- to the greater abundance. It is this mismatch, it is argued, that has led to the prosperity for adults to develop obesity and other metabolic disorders during adulthood in our contemporary, industrialised environments.
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― Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach
― Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach
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As members of the same species, human beings broadly share notions and precepts of morality, of what is socially regarded as a proper conduct. But again, there is no reason to think that these notions and precepts should fully converge and cohere between different people and different communities, or even in the minds of the individuals themselves.
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― Ideological Fixation: From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars
― Ideological Fixation: From the Stone Age to Today's Culture Wars
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