book chapter
Studies in nutrition: the physique and health of two African tribes
His Majesty's Stationery Office • (155) • Published In 1931 • Pages: 82
By: Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr, baron, Gilks, John Langton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study presents a survey of the diets of both the Maasai and the Kikuyu tribes of Kenya. Most of the native foods were chemically analyzed and their nutritional values assessed. The two tribes have very different diets: The Maasai's being high in protein, fats and calcium whereas that of the Kikuyu was high in carbohydrates. Marked differences were found in the incidence and kinds of diseases among the two tribes. Included in the report is a thorough description of tropical ulcer as found in Kenya. A number of experiments were carried out to determine the relation between changes in diet and rates of growth among children and adolescent natives. Tentative conclusions are presented on various aspects of native diseases, rates of development and nutritional values of foods consumed as they affect the physique and strength of the Kenya natives.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Nutrition
- Food consumption
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maasai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Amal Vinogradov ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1926-1928
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1917-1929
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- by J. B. Orr and J. L. Gilks
- Only pp. 2-3, 15-82 are included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- ag
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masai (African people)