Differences in life style and nutritional status between settlers and Siona‐Secoya Indians living in the same Amazonian milieu
| Autor: | Henri Barral, Eric Bénéfice |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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ETAT NUTRITIONNEL
Cash crop media_common.quotation_subject Medicine (miscellaneous) PRODUCTION AGRICOLE Consumption (sociology) CONSOMMATION ALIMENTAIRE Underdevelopment Environmental protection Hygiene EPIDEMIOLOGIE NUTRITIONNELLE medicine Socioeconomics media_common Ecology MODE D'OCCUPATION DU SOL business.industry Amazon rainforest PARASITOSE INTESTINALE Subsistence agriculture General Medicine COLONISATION AGRICOLE MALNUTRITION medicine.disease Malnutrition Geography ANTHROPOMETRIE NUTRITIONNELLE AUTOCHTONE Agriculture RATION ALIMENTAIRE business MIGRATION RURALE Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 25:307-322 |
| ISSN: | 1543-5237 0367-0244 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03670244.1991.9991178 |
| Popis: | The influx of migrant populations who came to colonize the Amazon province of Napo (Ecuador) profoundly changed the human landscape and physical environment of the region. To study the nutritional consequences of this newly created situation, individual anthropometric, agricultural and food consumption surveys were carried out among the colonizers and Siona‐Secoya Indians. None of the children displayed signs of serious malnutrition, but physical underdevelopment, infections and parasites were common, the settlers being more affected than the Indians. With a lifestyle favouring better hygiene, agriculture majoring in food crops, and a more diversified menu, the subsistence system of the Sionas‐Secoyas is better able to meet their needs and maintain their physical integrity than that of the settlers, who are ill‐adapted to their new surroundings and whose production is mainly oriented towards cash crops. The efficiency of Siona‐Secoya subsistence activities must be recognized, especially in the current con... |
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