Young Craving Earth

Understanding Pica—the Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-51789-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, Sera

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Soziobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Part I: All About Pica
1. What on Earth?
2. A Biocultural Approach: A Holistic Way to Study Pica
3. Medicine You Can Walk On
4. Religious Geophagy: Sacredness You Can Swallow
5. Poisons and Pathogens
Part II: But Why?
6. Dismissal and Damnation: A Historical Perspective on the Purported Causes of Pica
7. Pica in Response to Food Shortage
8: Pica as a Micronutrient Supplement
9: Pica to Protect and Detoxify
10. Putting the Pica Pieces Together
Appendix A: Notable Moments in the History of Pica
Appendix B: Prevalence of Pica Among Representative Populations of Pregnant Women
Appendix C: Prevalence of Pica Among Representative Populations of Children
Appendix D: Pica in Literature
Appendix E: Association Between Pica and Iron Deficiency and/or Anemia in Cross-Sectional Studies
Appendix F: Association Between Pica with Zinc Deficiency in Cross-Sectional Studies
Appendix G: Predictions
Notes
Glossary
Works Cited
Acknowledgments
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sera L. Young is a faculty member of the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.