Nutritional status of Efe pygmies and Lese horticulturists

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ID8313448
AutoresWilliam H Dietz (0000-0002-6972-0925, Tufts Medical Center), Bruno Marino (0000-0002-9256-5556), Bruno D V Marino (0000-0001-9429-9610, Harvard University), Nadine R Peacock, Nadine Peacock (University of California, Los Angeles), Robert C Bailey (0000-0002-9202-1794, University of California, Los Angeles)
Año1989
Volumen78
Número4
Páginas509-518
Fecha de publicación1989-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330780406
PMID2712163
OpenAlexW2133152541
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas34
Referencias citadas10

We assessed the nutritional status of 90 pygmies (Efe) and 211 members of a neighboring horticultural Lese in the Ituri forest in northeast Zaire. Clinical signs of iron and iodine deficiency were highly prevalent, but the frequency of these and other clinical signs of nutritional deficiency did not differ between the two groups. Infectious diseases such as yaws, cellulitis, and filiariasis were common. Absolute heights and weights of both Efe males and females aged 2–18 years were less than the 5th percentile of the National Center for Health Statistics standards. Weights for height of both groups were within the normal range. Weights and heights, expressed as percentages of the 50th percentile for age and sex, were significantly lower ( P

Anthropometry · Biology · Body height · Body weight · Malnutrition · Percentile · Short stature · Skinfold thickness · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Physiology · Gerontology · Pediatrics