Evolving health : the origins of illness and how the modern world is making us sick / Noel T. Boaz.

New York : Wiley, [2002], ©2002.

vi, 250 pages ; 24 cm

Achieving adaptive normality, your evolutionary birthright -- How our health evolved -- An evolutionary child's birthright: perinatal and pediatric diseases -- The virus war -- Cellular stress: a general model for cancer -- Breast cancer, prostate diseases, and cancers of the reproductive system -- Heart disease and high blood pressure: a story of fish and chips -- Why we smoke -- Diabetes mellitus and the "thrifty genotype" -- Gout, liver enzymes, and global climate change -- Back pain, bad knees, and flatfeet -- Gut diseases -- The evolution of psychiatric disorders -- Uncivilized solutions : reestablishing adaptive normality in your life.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.