Differences in life style and nutritional status between settlers and Siona‐Secoya Indians living in the same Amazonian milieu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8064390 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Bénéfice (corresponding author), Henri Barral |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 307-322 |
| Publication date | 1991-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ecology of Food and Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0367-0244 • E-ISSN: 1543-5237 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03670244.1991.9991178 |
| OpenAlex | W2008185516 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 26 |
The influx of migrant populations who came to colonize the Amazon province of Napo (Ecuador) profoundly changed the human landscape and physical environment of the region. To study the nutritional consequences of this newly created situation, individual anthropometric, agricultural and food consumption surveys were carried out among the colonizers and Siona‐Secoya Indians. None of the children displayed signs of serious malnutrition, but physical underdevelopment, infections and parasites were common, the settlers being more affected than the Indians. With a lifestyle favouring better hygiene, agriculture majoring in food crops, and a more diversified menu, the subsistence system of the Sionas‐Secoyas is better able to meet their needs and maintain their physical integrity than that of the settlers, who are ill‐adapted to their new surroundings and whose production is mainly oriented towards cash crops. The efficiency of Siona‐Secoya subsistence activities must be recognized, especially in the current context of competition for access to land which is jeopardizing the future of the group
Agriculture · Amazon rainforest · Anthropometry · Archaeology · Biology · Cash crop · Consumption (sociology · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental protection · Geography · Hygiene · Malnutrition · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Underdevelopment · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Indigenous Health and Education · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Medicine · Ecology
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Part one
| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2016 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |