Nutritional status as indicator for reproductive success in !Kung San and Kavango females from Namibia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4995409
AutoresKirchengast (0000-0002-3220-7271, University of Vienna), Sylvia Kirchengast, E-M Winkler
Año1996
Volumen54
Número3
Páginas267-276
Fecha de publicación1996-09-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099
EditorialS ch we iz er ba rt (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1127/anthranz/54/1996/267
PMID8870949
OpenAlexW2277051832
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

The interaction between nutritional status, estimated by using Body mass index, and fertility outcome was tested in two female samples from Northern Namibia. It turned out, that !Kung San undernourished females had significantly more total and surviving offspring than well-nourished and overweight females of these population. In contrast within the Kavango group well-nourished females had the highest reproductive success. These group specific differences can be interpreted as special reproductive strategies to maximize the reproductive success under different ecological conditions.

Biology · Body mass index · Fertility · Geography · Offspring · Overweight · Population · Pregnancy · Reproductive success · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Gerontology