Download or read book Nutritional Adaptation in Man written by John Conrad Waterlow and published by Technomic Publishing Company. This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Nutritional Adaptation in Man aims to explore the longer-term adaptations which take place in people habitually consuming different diets or who are subjected to increased metabolic demands. These adaptations include biochemical and physiological homeostatic mechanisms plus a variety of social adjustments. Contents include: 1) The causes and relationship of child growth retardation; 2) Nutritional adaptation and genetics; 3) Energy intake and expenditure; 4) Appetite control and other mechanisms of weight homeostasis; and 5) Consequence of protein deficiency in man. A postscript is included which reflects participants' attempts to define adaptation.