BACKGROUND The global pattern of varying prevalence of diseases of affluence, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, suggests that some environmental factor specific to agrarian societies could initiate these diseases. PRESENTATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS We propose that a cereal-based diet could be such an environmental factor. Through previous studies in archaeology and molecular e...

A new approach to investigation of human influences on the environment identifies social organization as an influence independent of population size, affluence, and technology. The framework also identifies population events, such as births, that influence the environment. The authors use longitudinal, multilevel, mixed-method measures of local land use changes, population dynamics, and social ...

BACKGROUND Two new sets of stratification indicators--family's material affluence and adolescent's personal social position- were compared with traditional indicators of familial social position based on parental occupation and education for their ability to detect health inequality among adolescents. METHODS Survey data were collected in the Adolescent Health and Lifestyle Survey in 2003 fro...

Research from the United States and Europe suggests that affluent citizens enjoy considerably more policy influence than do average poor. I examine extent of unequal responsiveness in one countries have gone farthest reducing economic inequality restricting money politics: Norway. use an original dataset on public opinion containing 603 specific issues over five decades (1966–2014). The results...