Estudos de Ecologia Humana entre os Suruí do parque indígena Aripuanã, Rondônia: 1. O uso de larvas de Coleópteros (Bruchidae e Curculionidae) na alimentação

Coimbra, Carlos E. A.

doi:10.1590/s0101-81751983000200001

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“…abandoned gardens near the village (Coimbra, 1985(Coimbra, , 1989. At present, Suruí women spend the bulk of their time at home, in the village, making handicrafts, taking care of the children, and housekeeping.…”

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“…Today, Suruí men no longer engage in hunting excursions, whereas in the past they could spend several days trekking. They no longer clear trees for new gardens as they formerly did every year as part of the agricultural cycle (Coimbra, 1985(Coimbra, , 1989. Nowadays, it has become quite usual for groups of men to undertake 1-day trips to the nearest town of Cacoal (some 50 km away from the reservation).…”

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“…Coimbra (1989) found that the infant mortality rate in the 1980-1987 period was close to 250 per 1,000. Famine was common in Suruí villages in the 1980s due to the rapid changes in their traditional subsistence practices and the invasion of their reservation land by squatters, resulting in a number of cases of severely undernourished children (Coimbra, 1985(Coimbra, , 1989Santos and Coimbra 1991). Coimbra and Santos (1991) found that 43% of children below age five were stunted in [1987][1988].…”

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“…In recent years, Suruí have also been earning salaries through the public service (local school teacher, Indian health agent, and Indian administrative agent) and receiving government pensions, which were not as common in the 1980s. The differential access to financial resources, which has led to the development of the intragroup socioeconomic stratification analyzed in previous studies (Coimbra, 1985(Coimbra, , 1989Coimbra, 1996, 1998), has become a keystone feature of contemporary Suruí society.…”

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Nutrition transition in Amazonia: Obesity and socioeconomic change in the Suruí Indians from Brazil

Lourenço¹,

Santos²,

Orellana³

et al. 2008

American J Hum Biol

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The purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional status of the adult Suruí population, an indigenous society from the Brazilian Amazon, as it relates to socioeconomic conditions. Fieldwork was carried out in February-March 2005, including 252 individuals (88.1% of the total eligible subjects older than 20 years of age in the villages surveyed). Anthropometric measurements were performed following standard procedures, and percentage of body fat (%BF) was measured by bioimpedance. To classify the Suruí according to socioeconomic status (SES), an index was constructed based on a group of variables to characterize socioeconomic differentiation. Evaluated by body mass index (BMI), the majority of Suruí 20-49.9 years of age were overweight (42.3%) or obese (18.2%). The frequency of obesity for women (24.5%) was twice that recorded for men. Subjects classified as overweight or obese also showed high %BF and waist circumference (WC). Women in the high SES category showed higher anthropometric values (including weight, BMI, arm fat area, and WC) and %BF than those of lower SES. This study shows that the Suruí are undergoing a rapid process of nutrition transition. This transition is closely associated with the emergence of intragroup differences in SES which have impacted diet and physical activity patterns. In research in indigenous peoples in Amazonia, greater attention should be paid to the human biological outcomes of socioeconomic transformations related to the growing involvement of native societies in the market economy.

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Nutrition transition in Amazonia: Obesity and socioeconomic change in the Suruí Indians from Brazil

Lourenço¹,

Santos²,

Orellana³

et al. 2008

American J Hum Biol

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“…Também são importantes fontes de aminoácidos essenciais (Chen, 1994;Ega & Ola, 1998). São abundantes no meio ambiente e atualmente ainda participam da dieta de diversas etnias com ocorrência muito comum entre grupos da Amazônia (Beckerman, 1979;Coimbra Junior, 1984;Defoliart, 1990;Dufour, 1987;Lenko & Papavero, 1979;Posey, 1980;, 1983aRibeiro & Kenhiri, 1987).…”

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Etnoconhecimento sobre abelhas sem ferrão: saberes e práticas dos índios Guarani M'Byá na Mata-Atlântica.

Rodrigues¹

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Mapping carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of fingernails to demonstrate a rural–urban nutrition transition in theCenter‐West, Northeast, and Amazon regions of Brazil

Nardoto

Silva

Schor

et al. 2020

American J Phys Anthropol

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ObjectiveThe main objective of this study is to investigate diet patterns among rural and urban populations of the Center‐West, Northeast, and Amazon regions of Brazil through the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of fingernails, recognizing that the extent of market integration is a key driver of food consumption.Materials and methodsIn the Center‐West, Northeast, and Amazon regions of Brazil, fingernails were sampled in clusters encompassing a major city, town, and rural village. A total of 2,133 fingernails were analyzed. Fingernails were clipped by donors using fingernail clippers. In the laboratory, samples were cleaned then weighed in small tin capsules before being isotopically analyzed for carbon and nitrogen.ResultsThe overall mean δ13C and δ15N were −19.7 ± 2.8‰ and 10.6 ± 1.1‰, respectively. In the more remote villages, where access to food markets is more challenging, lower δ13C prevails, suggesting that Brazilian staple foods (rice, beans, and farinha) still dominate. In areas with easier access to food markets, δ13C values were higher, suggesting a change to a diet based on C4 plants, typical of a Brazilian supermarket diet. The variability among inhabitants in the same location expressed by a significant inverse correlation between δ13C and δ15N fingernail values suggested that “market integration” does not affect everyone equally in each community.Discussion and ConclusionThe nutrition transition has not yet reached some remote villages in these regions of Brazil or that the nutrition transition has not yet reached all residents of these remote villages. On the other hand, in several villages there is a considerable adherence to the supermarket diet or that some residents of these villages are already favoring processed food.

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Estudos de Ecologia Humana entre os Suruí do parque indígena Aripuanã, Rondônia: 1. O uso de larvas de Coleópteros (Bruchidae e Curculionidae) na alimentação

Cited by 14 publications

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Nutrition transition in Amazonia: Obesity and socioeconomic change in the Suruí Indians from Brazil

Nutrition transition in Amazonia: Obesity and socioeconomic change in the Suruí Indians from Brazil

Etnoconhecimento sobre abelhas sem ferrão: saberes e práticas dos índios Guarani M'Byá na Mata-Atlântica.

Mapping carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of fingernails to demonstrate a rural–urban nutrition transition in theCenter‐West, Northeast, and Amazon regions of Brazil

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