Andrew Pumuye

• The Ok Tedi Health and Nutrition Project, Papua New Guinea

  Open Access•Stanley Ulijaszek, S J Ulijaszek et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•1989

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  Adult physiques of three populations living close to a major gold and copper mine are described and compared. Men of all three groups do not differ in stature, sitting height, biceps, triceps, subscapular and medial calf skinfold thicknesses. However, Wopkaimin men are heavier, with bigger mid-upper arm circumference and bi-iliac diameter than their Ningerum and Awin counterparts. Women of all three groups have similar stature, sitting height, bi…

• Mining, modernisation and dietary change among the Wopkaimin of Papua New Guinea

  Stanley J Ulijaszek, Stanley Ulijaszek et al.•ARTICLE•Ecology of Food and Nutrition•1987

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  This paper examines retrospectively the changes in food and nutrient intake which have taken place over a nine‐year period in which the intrusion of a major gold and copper mine has brought rapid socio‐economic and ecological change to the Papua New Guinea Wopkaimin population, especially those who now rely upon cash incomes. A small proportion of the population remains subsistence‐oriented. Since 1975 taro (Colocasia), the traditional staple, ha…

• Mining, modernisation and dietary change among the Wopkaimin of Papua New Guinea

  Stanley J Ulijaszek, Stanley Ulijaszek et al.•ARTICLE•Ecology of Food and Nutrition•1987

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  This paper examines retrospectively the changes in food and nutrient intake which have taken place over a nine‐year period in which the intrusion of a major gold and copper mine has brought rapid socio‐economic and ecological change to the Papua New Guinea Wopkaimin population, especially those who now rely upon cash incomes. A small proportion of the population remains subsistence‐oriented. Since 1975 taro (Colocasia), the traditional staple, ha…

• The Ok Tedi Health and Nutrition Project, Papua New Guinea

  Open Access•Stanley Ulijaszek, S J Ulijaszek et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•1989

  Añadir item

  Adult physiques of three populations living close to a major gold and copper mine are described and compared. Men of all three groups do not differ in stature, sitting height, biceps, triceps, subscapular and medial calf skinfold thicknesses. However, Wopkaimin men are heavier, with bigger mid-upper arm circumference and bi-iliac diameter than their Ningerum and Awin counterparts. Women of all three groups have similar stature, sitting height, bi…

Medicine (2 obras) · New guinea (2 obras) · Adipose tissue (1 obras) · Agricultural economics (1 obras) · Agriculture (1 obras) · Anatomy (1 obras) · Anthropometry (1 obras) · Biceps (1 obras) · Biology (1 obras) · Body Composition Measurement Techniques (1 obras)