{"title":"Books by Daniel Lieberman","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780141986364","title":"Exercised","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Endlessly fascinating and full of surprises. Easily one of my books of the year' BILL BRYSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and our attitudes to exercise are plagued by misconceptions, finger-pointing and anxiety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, as Daniel Lieberman shows in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eExercised\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the first book of its kind by a leading scientific expert\u003c\/b\u003e, we never evolved to exercise. We are hardwired for moderate exertion throughout each day, not triathlons or treadmills. Drawing on over a decade of high-level scientific research and eye-opening insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, \u003cb\u003eLieberman explains precisely how exercise can promote health; debunks persistent myths about sitting, speed, strength and endurance; and points the way towards more enjoyable and physically active living in the modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Myth-busting, illuminating, brilliant - Lieberman will completely change the way you think about your body' Professor ALICE ROBERTS\u003c\/b\u003e, presenter of \u003ci\u003eOur Incredible Human Journey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201539768498,"sku":"9780141986364","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141986364.jpg?v=1786011120"},{"product_id":"9780141399959","title":"The Story of the Human Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Human Body\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary perspective, if normal is defined as what most people have done for millions of years, then it's normal to walk and run 9 -15 kilometres a day to hunt and gather fresh food which is high in fibre, low in sugar, and barely processed. It's also normal to spend much of your time nursing, napping, making stone tools, and gossiping with a small band of people. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur 21st-century lifestyles, argues Daniel Lieberman, are out of synch with our stone-age bodies. Never have we been so healthy and long-lived - but never, too, have we been so prone to a slew of problems that were, until recently, rare or unknown, from asthma, to diabetes, to - scariest of all - overpopulation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Human Body\u003c\/i\u003e asks how our bodies got to be the way they are, and considers how that evolutionary history - both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies. How is the present-day state of the human body related to the past? And what is the human body's future? \u003cbr\u003e'Monumental. \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Human Body\u003c\/i\u003e, by one of our leading experts, takes us on an epic voyage' - Neil Shubin, author of \u003ci\u003eYour Inner Fish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Riveting, enlightening, and more than a little frightening' - Christopher McDougall, author of \u003ci\u003eBorn to Run\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Lieberman is the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and a leader in the field. He has written nearly 100 articles, many appearing in the journals \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, and his cover story on barefoot running in \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e was picked up by major media the world over. His research and discoveries have been highlighted in newspapers and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56224864305525,"sku":"9780141399959","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141399959_611454c8-d20e-4c11-a858-1956b1ac598d.jpg?v=1786011486"},{"product_id":"9780241658598","title":"Fed Up","description":"‘This could - should - be the last diet book you will need. It’s colourful, readable, personable, richly informed, expert and just, well… right’ James McConnachie, Sunday TimesWhy is it so hard to decide what to eat? We are bombarded with conflicting advice on weight and health, fad diets and food pyramids. No wonder so many of us feel confused and guilty.   In Fed Up, Daniel Lieberman tackles this confusion head on with his trademark blend of lively storytelling and myth-busting science. Drawing on evolutionary biology, anthropology and physiology, he explains how humans first evolved to eat; how fire, farming and industrialization transformed our diets; and what that history combined with rigorous medical science can – and cannot – tell us about what to eat today to stay healthy and manage our weight. In each chapter, Lieberman explores what different diets – from Paleo to veganism to intermittent fasting – tell us about nutrition and health, even putting these diets to the test himself. His conclusion is liberating: there is no optimal diet. What matters instead is variety, moderation and finding out what works for you.   Clear-eyed, humane and always entertaining, Fed Up gives us the tools to make wiser, kinder choices about what we eat.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367863791989,"sku":"9780241658598","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241658598_741ef31c-ab8a-4228-a9f4-89c3b0f70a3a.jpg?v=1786033172"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-daniel-lieberman.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}