Human biology of indigenous populations in Oaxaca: 1898 to the present

Authors

  • Robert M. Malina Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin, and Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Tarleton State University, Stephenville
  • Maria Eugenia Peña Reyes Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
  • Bertis B. Little Departments of Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering, and Academic Affairs, Tarleton State University, Stephenville

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.14055066p.2013.56764

Keywords:

human biology, Oaxaca, growth, nutritional transition, diseases

Abstract

The “Oaxaca Project” analyzed growth of children and heights of adults across three major transitions (demographic, epidemiologic, nutritional) in a rural Zapotec community. It also documented the natural history of growth across intervals spanning high chronic undernutrition to the emergence of childhood overweight/obesity. The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased in the community, a signal of the nutritional transition. Diabetes is also increasing as is the frequency of other non-communicable, degenerative diseases.

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Author Biography

Robert M. Malina, Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin, and Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Tarleton State University, Stephenville

Coordinador Editorial de la revista Anales de Antropología

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Published

2016-08-03

How to Cite

Malina, R. M., Peña Reyes, M. E., & Little, B. B. (2016). Human biology of indigenous populations in Oaxaca: 1898 to the present. Estudios De Antropología Biológica, 16. https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.14055066p.2013.56764

Issue

Vol. 16 (2013)

Section

Ontogenia y somatología

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Creative Commons License
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