Alimentation et anthropologie physique en Polynésie orientale - article ; n°60 ; vol.34, pg 127-132

Jacqueline Ducros

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Journal de la Société des océanistes - Année 1978 - Volume 34 - Numéro 60 - Pages 127-132
Complementing an anthropometric enquiry carried out in Maupiti — small island of the Society Islands — and in Tahiti, an evaluation of food consumption was implemented, based on a sample of Maupiti's population.
The study shows that although the islanders of Mautipi consume imported food products, they partake of local traditional products to a large extent (Table I).
The energy value of the diet and its nutrient composition covers or exceeds the theoretical needs of the adult (Table II) and there is a high level of proteins. These results are compared to various other evaluations of food consumption in French Polynesia (Table III).
Certain anthropometric features due to food (weight, skinfolds) of Maupiti men and women, compared to those of Tahiti, can be put down to nutritional conditions, as well as the behaviour and different ways of life in the the two islands. In the past, the traditional diet must already have covered nutritional needs. This could explain some anthropological phenomena recently studied in Eastern Polynesia. For instance, in many parts of the world it has been established that there is a secular trend in height, which is considered partly due to improvement in food. This change in height has not come about among the Eastern Polynesians, probably because the right mesological conditions for attaining the maximum genetically-determined height had already been in place for a long time.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: JOURNAL_DE_LA_SOCIETE_DES_OCEANISTES
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1978
• Nombre de lectures: 22
• Langue: Français

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Jacqueline Ducros

Alimentation et anthropologie physique en Polynésie orientale

In: Journal de la Société des océanistes. N°60, Tome 34, 1978. pp. 127-132.

Abstract

Complementing an anthropometric enquiry carried out in Maupiti — small island of the Society Islands — and in Tahiti, an

evaluation of food consumption was implemented, based on a sample of Maupiti's population.

The study shows that although the islanders of Mautipi consume imported food products, they partake of local traditional products

to a large extent (Table I).

The energy value of the diet and its nutrient composition covers or exceeds the theoretical needs of the adult (Table II) and there

is a high level of proteins. These results are compared to various other evaluations of food consumption in French Polynesia

(Table III).

Certain anthropometric features due to food (weight, skinfolds) of Maupiti men and women, compared to those of Tahiti, can be

put down to nutritional conditions, as well as the behaviour and different ways of life in the the two islands. In the past, the

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studied in Eastern Polynesia. For instance, in many parts of the world it has been established that there is a secular trend in

height, which is considered partly due to improvement in food. This change in height has not come about among the Eastern

Polynesians, probably because the right mesological conditions for attaining the maximum genetically-determined height had

already been in place for a long time.

Citer ce document / Cite this document :

Ducros Jacqueline. Alimentation et anthropologie physique en Polynésie orientale. In: Journal de la Société des océanistes.

N°60, Tome 34, 1978. pp. 127-132.

doi : 10.3406/jso.1978.2975

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/jso_0300-953X_1978_num_34_60_2975