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The book aims to review knowledge on the disorders of eating
behaviour and body composition in some of the non-primate higher
animals and to relate these to similar conditions in humans. With
advances in understanding the nature of these disorders and their
biological basis, it seems timely to assess what cross-species
comparisons can tell us about the general underlying factors at
work. This may also help to delineate what may be a general
biological basis that humans share with their higher animal comrade
species and what may distinguish human from non-human, particularly
in a cultural context. This could help in combating better the
problems of these conditions in the animal species as well as in
man and in suggesting well-based preventive measures. As far as
people are concerned the last two decades of the 20th century have
shown a significant increase in obesity in the richer countries,
particularly the USA (Table 1). Possibly associated with the
obesity boom, there is an increasing awareness of other disorders
of eating behaviour and body composition. These range from anorexia
nervosa, at the other end of body composition to obesity, to
others, such as bulimia, with more variable effects on body
composition.
The book aims to review knowledge on the disorders of eating
behaviour and body composition in some of the non-primate higher
animals and to relate these to similar conditions in humans. With
advances in understanding the nature of these disorders and their
biological basis, it seems timely to assess what cross-species
comparisons can tell us about the general underlying factors at
work. This may also help to delineate what may be a general
biological basis that humans share with their higher animal comrade
species and what may distinguish human from non-human, particularly
in a cultural context. This could help in combating better the
problems of these conditions in the animal species as well as in
man and in suggesting well-based preventive measures. As far as
people are concerned the last two decades of the 20th century have
shown a significant increase in obesity in the richer countries,
particularly the USA (Table 1). Possibly associated with the
obesity boom, there is an increasing awareness of other disorders
of eating behaviour and body composition. These range from anorexia
nervosa, at the other end of body composition to obesity, to
others, such as bulimia, with more variable effects on body
composition.
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