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Ecology of Food and Nutrition Volume 46, 2007 - Issue 5-6: Tribute to Christine S. Wilson (1919–2005), Part II
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Traditional Food System Provides Dietary Quality for the Awajún in the Peruvian Amazon

M. L. Roche Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE) McGill University, Montreal, Canada; School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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H. M. Creed-Kanashiro Instituto de Investigación Nutricional (IIN), Lima, Peru
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I. Tuesta Organización de Desarrollo de las Comunidades Fronterizas del Cenepa, (ODECOFROC), Rio Cenepa, Amazonas, Peru
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H. V. Kuhnlein Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE) McGill University, Montreal, Canada; School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 377-399 | Published online: 20 Sep 2007

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Paula S. Tallman, Armando Valdes-Velasquez & Giuliana Sanchez-Samaniego. (2022) The “Double Burden of Malnutrition” in the Amazon: dietary change and drastic increases in obesity and anemia over 40 years among the Awajún. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 61:1, pages 20-42.
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Giuliana Sanchez-Samaniego, Paula S. Tallman & Armando Valdes-Velasquez. (2021) Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: shifting food systems and health among the Awajún of the Peruvian Amazon. Annals of Human Biology 48:2, pages 110-118.
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Darna L. Dufour, Barbara A. Piperata, Rui S. S. Murrieta, Warren M. Wilson & Drake D. Williams. (2016) Amazonian foods and implications for human biology. Annals of Human Biology 43:4, pages 330-348.
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Cynthia Anticona & Miguel San Sebastian. (2014) Anemia and malnutrition in indigenous children and adolescents of the Peruvian Amazon in a context of lead exposure: a cross-sectional study. Global Health Action 7:1.
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