L
Lactase, 207
Lactation, 256 – 258
Lactational programming, 15
Lactose, 207
Language, 1 , 2 , 5 , 130 , 243 – 244 , 279 , 288 , 308
Leptin, 15 , 17 , 18 , 209 – 212 , 214 , 215 – 220
Leuteinizing hormone (LH), 18 , 59
Life events, 119 , 120 – 121 , 127 , 129
Life history theory, 2 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 257 – 259 , 268
Life span, 2 , 3 , 6
Lipoproteins, 90 , 180 , 188
Liver, 121 – 122 , 144 , 210 , 215 , 216 , 264
Longevity, 128
Loss, 320
Luo, 130
Lust, 5 , 20
Lutein, 183 , 184
M
Magnesium, 179
Malnutrition, 6 , 15 , 16
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), 209
Mandela’s Children
Birth to Twenty Cohort (BT-20) study, 20
Marriage, 120 , 128 , 159 , 160 – 161
Massachusetts, 244
Maternal care, 2 , 17 , 20 , 129
Maturation, 17 – 18 , 19 , 48 , 58 , 74 , 83 – 86 , 89 ,
91
Measurement of wakefulness test, 34
Mechanoreceptors, 163
Media use, 78 – 79 , 199 , 208 , 306 , 307
Medicalization, 55 , 56 , 61
Meissner’s corpuscles, 163 – 164
Melatonin, 15 , 184
Memory, 7 , 39 , 121 , 209 , 218 , 237 , 275 – 295 ,
307 , 312 , 319
Complaints.SeeSubjective memory
complaints
working, 282 – 285 , 288 , 292 , 312
Memory assessment clinics self-rating scale
(MAC-S), 283
Memory function questionnaire (MFQ), 282 ,
283 , 290 , 292
Menarchy, 83 – 85 , 259
Menopause,v, 6 , 7 , 16 , 18 , 159 , 233 – 247 ,
256 – 266 , 277 , 281 , 306 , 307 , 316 , 322
Age of onset, 233
Peri-menopause, 256 , 257 , 264
postmenopause, 233 , 240 , 245 , 256 – 259 ,
261 , 263 , 264 , 281
Menopause Quality of Life Scale, 236
Menopause rating scale, 236
Menopause symptom checklist, 236
Menstrual cycle, 56 , 144 , 157 – 160
follicular phase, 158 – 159
luteal phase, 158 – 159
Menstruation, 3 , 56 , 158
Mental illness, 128
Metabolic rate, basal (BMR), 69 , 181 , 197 ,
205 , 207
Metabolic resources, 16
Metabolism, 3 , 16 , 182 – 183 , 196 , 209 , 211 ,
212 , 215 – 217 , 220
Metabolomics, 172 , 187 , 188
Metabonomics, 187 , 188
Metamemory questionnaire (MMQ), 283
Methylation, 16 , 315 – 316
Mexico,v,vi, 68 , 76 , 88 , 244
Microbiota, 183 , 184 , 186 , 188
Middle East, 243 , 265
Migrant, 19 , 133 , 164 , 307 – 308
Migration, 19 , 133
Milk, 174 , 206 – 207 , 265 , 312
Mindfulness, 7
Mitochondria, 215
Mnemonics, 282 , 289 , 290 , 292
Modernizing societies, 7
Modern societies, 7 , 306
Mood, 1 , 112 , 124 , 130 , 152 , 155 – 156 , 234 ,
237 – 238 , 241 , 319
Movement proficiency, 85 , 86
Mozambique, 76
Multiple sleep latency test, 34
Muscle, 4 , 67 , 121 – 122 , 215
strength, 77 , 87 , 90 , 91 , 263 – 264 , 319
Mutations, 315
My meal mate, 176N
Narrative accounts, 41 , 44
Narratives, 30 , 41 , 50 , 55 , 56 , 58 , 59
National Health and Nutrition Examination
Surveys (NHANES), 205
National youth physical activity and nutrition
study, 77
Natural experiment, 150 , 151 , 154
Neandertals, 197 , 198 , 316
Neolithic, 196 , 199
Nepal, 129
Nerves, peripheral, 110 , 311
Neuralgia, 110
Neuroimaging, 277 , 283 , 286 – 288 , 290 , 292 ,
294
Neurological development, 3
Neuropeptide Y, 18 , 214 , 216 , 219
Neurophysiology, 56 , 208 – 209332 Index