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ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2020

Public health for the hunter-gatherer in us all.

Charles Gardner, Donald C Cole, Loretta Ryan

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Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Charles GardnerSimcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, 15 Sperling Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4M 6K9, Canada. Charles.Gardner@smdhu.org.ORCID 0000-0002-6830-4831
Donald C ColeDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3M7, Canada.
Loretta RyanAssociation of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa), 480 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V2, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In evolutionary terms, the transformations which humans have engendered in social, ecological and built environments are increasingly out of step with their biological makeup. We briefly review the evidence on health-relevant practices and status of our Paleolithic ancestors and contrast these with current food, transportation, work and governance systems with their associated impacts on human health. As public health and planning practitioners engaged in the EcoHealth Ontario Collaborative, we argue for recognition of our hunter-gatherer nature to promote joint efforts in building sustainable and equitable community infrastructures, both built and green. Although such efforts are underway at multiple jurisdictional levels across Canada, the pace is frustratingly slow for the burden of endemic chronic diseases and global environmental change which humans face. Reminding reluctant stakeholders of the hunter-gatherers in us all could bring about deeper reflection on the urgent work in redirecting community planning.

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Public HealthHumansOntarioEcosystemEnvironment and public healthEnvironment designExercisePaleolithic dietUrban planning

Identifiers

PMID32761544
PMCPMC7408970

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