A Very Short Introduction

In this Very Short Introduction , David Bender explains the basic elements of food, the balance between energy intake and exercise, the problems of over- and under-nutrition

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

While children are a relatively unchanging fact of life, childhood is a constantly shifting concept. Throughout the millennia, the age at which a child becomes a youth and a youth becomes an adult has varied by gender, class, religion, ethnicity, place, and economic need. As author James Marten explores in this Very Short Introduction, so too have the realities of childhood, each life shaped by factors such as education, expectation, and conflict (or lack thereof). Indeed, ancient Roman children lived very differently than those born of today's Generation Z.