Twenty‐five years of dietary change in Simbu province, Papua New Guinea
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ecology of Food and Nutrition
- Vol. 13 (1) , 27-35
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.1983.9990729
Abstract
This study was carried out to assess the changes in food and nutrient intake which had taken place over 25 yr in which there had been rapid economic change from a solely subsistence economy to one in which there is now substantial cash income. Protein intake has increased in all age groups. Energy intake has increased in younger age groups but not in adults. The contribution of the traditional staple, sweet potato, to the intake of energy and protein has decreased. Store bought foods, particularly cereals and fish, has increased markedly. Economic development and involvement in the cash economy have resulted in an improvement in protein and energy intakes but these same changes are leading to dependency on imported foods.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- The energy and nutrient intake and the energy expenditure of 204 New Guinean adultsPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, 1974