The prevalence of obesity has reached pandemic proportions, and now approximately 25%
of adults in Westernized countries have obesity. Recognized as a major health concern …

Hunter‐gatherer populations are remarkable for their excellent metabolic and
cardiovascular health and thus are often used as models in public health, in an effort to …

Two extant frameworks–the harshness-unpredictability model and the threat-deprivation
model–attempt to explain which dimensions of adversity have distinct influences on …

Many forms of developmental plasticity have been observed and these are usually
beneficial to the organism. The Predictive Adaptive Response (PAR) hypothesis refers to a …

Nutrition affects all physiological processes including those linked to the development and
function of our immune system. Here, we discuss recent evidence and emerging concepts …

Why do some people take risks and live for the present, whereas others avoid risks and save
for the future? The evolutionary framework of life history theory predicts that preferences for …

Background Anemia is a major public health problem affecting more than half of children
under the age of five globally. It has serious short-and long-term consequences including …

The current paper synthesizes theory and data from the field of life history (LH) evolution to
advance a new developmental theory of variation in human LH strategies. The theory posits …

In The Hadza, Frank Marlowe provides a quantitative ethnography of one of the last
remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East …

In our response to the 28 (largely positive) commentaries from an esteemed collection of
researchers, we (1) consolidate additional evidence, extensions, and amplifications offered …