Is the ‘canine surrogacy approach’ (CSA) still valid for dogs and humans in market-oriented and subsistence-oriented communities in Brazil?

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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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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Identifying the composition of commercial Brazilian cat food with stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen

Souza

Moraes

Galera

et al. 2020

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

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Is the ‘canine surrogacy approach’ (CSA) still valid for dogs and humans in market-oriented and subsistence-oriented communities in Brazil?

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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

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

Identifying the composition of commercial Brazilian cat food with stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen

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