Fish consumption (Hair Mercury) and nutritional status of Amazonian Amer-Indian Children

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ID19458369
AutoresJosé G Dórea (0000-0002-3941-1638, Universidade de Brasília, autor de correspondencia), Antonio C Barbosa (0000-0002-9059-5970, Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), Íris Ferrari (Universidade de Brasília), Jurandir Rodrigues de Souza (0000-0003-1646-4304, Universidade de Brasília)
Año2005
Volumen17
Número4
Páginas507-514
Fecha de publicación2005-07-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Human Biology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1042-0533 • E-ISSN: 1520-6300
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajhb.20410
PMID15981188
OpenAlexW2087654912
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas39

Fish are abundant and important dietary items for the Amer-Indians, and total hair-Hg (HHg) concentration is a reliable marker of fish consumption. We studied the impact of fish consumption (HHg) on the nutritional status of Indian children of Eastern Amazonia. Weight-for-height Z score (WHZ) was measured, and HHg was determined in 203 children younger than 10 years of age in three villages. There was significantly higher fish consumption in Kayabi children (16.55 microg Hg/g; SD, 11.44) than in children of the Munduruku villages of Missão-Cururu (4.76 microg Hg/g; SD, 2.09) and Kaburua (2.87 microg Hg/g; SD, 2.13). Anthropometric indices showed WHZ means of -0.27, -0.22, and 0.40, respectively, for Kayabi, Missão-Cururu and Kaburua villages. Despite a different pattern of fish-protein consumption between tribes, there was no significant correlation between WHZ and HHg concentrations (r2 = 0.0079; P < 0.2021). Dietary differences among Amazonian tribes can be traced and used in measuring health outcomes. Higher fish consumption, although important for Kayabis, was compensated by other protein sources by the Kaburua villagers

Amazon rainforest · Amazonian · Animal science · Anthropometry · Biology · Environmental health · Fish · Fish consumption · Fishery · Geography · Hum · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Indigenous Health and Education · Medicine · Mercury impact and mitigation studies · Ecology · Internal Medicine · Toxicology

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