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Globalization, diet, and health: an example from Tonga
Bulletin of the World Health Organization • 79 (9) • Published In 2001 • Pages: 856-862
By: Evans, Mike, Sinclair, Robert C., Fusimalohi, Caroline, Liava'a, Viliami.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a report on Tongan diet and health based on a survey of 425 Tongans. The authors were interested in diet-related diseases associated with economic development and urbanization. The questionnaire asked informants to evaluate foods in terms of preference, perceived nutrition, and frequency of consumption. The authors note that expense of foods rather than perceived value determined Tongan food choices. They relate changes in Tongan diet and health to global trends in food production and distribution.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diet
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1999
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mike Evans, Robert C. Sinclair, Caroline Fusimalohi, & Viliami Liava'a
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 861-862)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52004897
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans