Louis E Grivetti

Biographic Data

ID154674
NAMELouis E Grivetti
GIVEN NAMESLouis E
FAMILY NAMEGrivetti
SIGNATUREGRIVETTI L E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Davis
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS28
AUTHOR COUNT19
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
H-INDEX2

  • Christine Wilson and the West Coast Nutritional Anthropologists, 1978–1989

    Louis E Grivetti, Louis GrivettiARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2007

    This contribution to the Christine Wilson memorial volume is based upon personal recollections of the author and West Coast Nutritional Anthropologist Society documents in his files dated between the period of 1976 through 1989. Christine Wilson was the leading anthropologist on the West Coast who established the WCNA society and helped it flourish. Records of annual meetings and symposia sponsored by WCNA, document an especially active group of …

  • Hmong Gardens: Botanical Diversity in an Urban Setting

    Open AccessJan L Corlett, Ellen Dean et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany2003Cited by: 20References: 17

  • Value of traditional foods in meeting macro- and micronutrient needs: The wild plant connection

    Open AccessLouis E Grivetti, Britta Mathilda OgleARTICLENutrition Research Reviews2000

    The importance of edible wild plants may be traced to antiquity but systematic studies are recent. Anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, food scientists, geographers, nutritionists, physicians and sociologists have investigated cultural aspects and nutrient composition of edible species. Important contributions to the diet from edible wild plants are well documented and numerous studies reveal roles played by ‘lesser-known’ species when meeting…

  • Nutritional Geography: History and Trends

    Open AccessLouis E GrivettiARTICLENutritional Anthropology2000

  • Comparative study of diets and disease prevalence in Greek Chians part II Chian immigrants to Athens and to the United States

    Antonia‐leda Matalas, Antonia-Leda Matalas et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1999

    The study examined differences in Greek and Greek‐American diets and disease patterns related to migration within the Mediterranean and from the Mediterranean to the United States. Data reported here discuss changes in food patterns and health‐related characteristics of two populations, both originating from the Greek island of Chios, residing either in Athens, Greece, or urban centers in the United States. Food consumption and medical history qu…

  • Comparative study of diet and disease prevalence in Greek Chians part I rural and urban residents of Chios

    Antonia‐leda Matalas, Antonia-Leda Matalas et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1999

    The study investigates changes in dietary patterns associated with increased urbanization and economic affluence in rural and urban Greeks from the eastern Mediterranean island of Chios. Interview data on food consumption patterns and disease prevalence were obtained from representatives of the poor rural north (n = 77), the prosperous rural south (n = 96), and the urban island capital (n = 183). Food consumption data were analyzed as monthly fre…

  • Japanese festival foods

    Julia Y Wada, Barbara Pogosian et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1999

    More than 100 foods associated with 21 Japanese festivals were examined in two populations: elderly Japanese living in Yamaguchi and Hiroshima (n = 154) and elderly Japanese‐Americans born in Yamaguchi or Hiroshima, currently residents of Los Angeles, California (n = 54). More Japanese‐Americans than Japanese respondents considered rice cakes, sushi, and vegetables mixed with meat/chicken as foods traditionally associated with New Years Day, Adul…

  • Carotenoid values of selected plant foods common to Southern Burkina Faso, West Africa

    Garrett C Smith, Stephen R Dueker et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1996

    Six edible plants common to West African diet were analyzed for vitamin‐A precursors α‐carotene, ß‐carotene, ß‐cryptoxanthin, and cis‐isomers of ß‐carotene. They were fresh leaves of Adansonia digitata, Ceiba pentandra. Hibiscus sabdarifa, and Vigna sp., dry leaves of Adansonia digitata, and flower and seed pulp of Adansonia digitata, Bixa orellano, Hibiscus sabdarifa, and Parkiia biglobosa. Plants were chosen because they were important to diet …

  • The diet of nineteenth-century Greek sailors: An analysis of the log of theKonstantinos

    Antonia‐leda Matalas, Antonia-Leda Matalas et al.ARTICLEFood and Foodways1994References: 24

  • Practices, beliefs and knowledge of international and U.S. students regarding food supplements and health foods

    Laura H Mcarthur, Louis E Grivetti et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1990

    Behavioral and cognitive parameters associated with food supplement and health food use were surveyed among a convenience sample of 142 international and 100 U.S. students. Among the international students, 140 used at least one product in the home country and 135 reported doing so in the university community. Ninety‐seven U.S. students used at least one supplement or health food in the university community. U.S. students used a significantly gre…

  • Effects of resettlement on the dietary intakes of mothers and children in lowland Papua new Guinea

    Kathryn W Shack, Kathryn G Dewey et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1990

    Dietary intake of three ethnic groups living at Gavien, a resettlement project in lowland Papua New Guinea, was compared with that of people living in the home areas: Grass Country (hunter‐gatherers); Wosera (agriculturalists); Middle Sepik (hunter‐gatherers with limited agriculture). All Gavien groups grew rubber as a cash crop as well as food crops. Food intake information was collected by 24‐hour recalls and food frequency questionnaires. Sago…

  • Effects of resettlement on nutritional status of mothers and children in lowland Papua new Guinea

    Kathryn W Shack, Louis E Grivetti et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1990

    Nutritional status of three ethnic groups living at Gavien, a rubber resettlement project in lowland Papua New Guinea, was compared with that of people living in the home areas: Grass Country (hunter‐gatherers); Wosera (agriculturalists); Middle Sepik (hunter‐gatherers with limited agriculture). Anthropometry of mothers (n=115) and children (n=115) was completed during wet and dry seasons. Blood samples were collected to identify anemia and malar…

  • Cash cropping, subsistence agriculture, and nutritional status among mothers and children in lowland Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessKathryn W Shack, Louis E Grivetti et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1990Cited by: 7References: 7

  • Health food store shopping practices and rationale of international students and students from the United States

    Laura H Mcarthur, Louis E Grivetti et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1989

    A convenience sample of 142 international and 100 U.S. students attending a Western university completed survey questionnaires designed to assess practices and rationale regarding health foods and health food stores. The most likely international students to patronize health food stores were females who had resided in the United States for more than one year. The most likely U.S. students to patronize these stores were females who had previously …

  • Coturnism: Human Poisoning By European Migratory Quail

    David C Lewis, Elizabeth Metallinos-Katzaras et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Geography1987

    Coturnism is human poisoning from European migratory quail (Coturnix commix coturnix L.). While the name is recent, coturnism has been documented since antiquity. Most cases exhibit generalized weakness, progressing to severe muscle pain and lower limb paralysis, vomiting and discolored urine (myoglobinuria). Patients may experience severe gastroenteritis-diarrhea, fever, voice loss and death from cardiac or kidney failure. Toxic quail cannot be …

  • Diet patterns of first, second and third generation Greek‐American women

    Marjorie R Freedman, Marjorie Freedman et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1984

    Typical and pregnancy diet patterns of 135 first, second and third generation Greek‐American women of Sacramento, California, are reported. Significant differences were found in fourteen instances between respondent generation, composition of meals and timing of food intake. Older first generation women consumed less bread and cereals at the morning meal during pregnancy in the belief that restriction produces a lower birth weight baby. More seco…

  • Food: The Gift of Osiris

    T G H James, William J Darby et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Egyptian Archaeology1983

  • Food: The Gift of Osiris

    Kent R Weeks, Malcolm Mosher et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Research…1979

  • Nutrition and Anthropology in Action . Thomas K. Fitzgerald

    Open AccessLouis E Grivetti, Louis GrivettiARTICLEMedical Anthropology Newsletter1978Cited by: 1