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- Title
TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS AND NUTRITIONAL ADAPTATION AMONG CENTRAL INDIAN CASTE POPULATIONS.
- Abstract
SummaryThe socioeconomic milieu has benefits and drawbacks for determining level of nutrition. The Indian population provides an excellent example of nutrition-driven adaptation. The present paper deals with the relationship between BMI (body mass index) and traditional occupation and process of adaptation among adult males of Central India. Anthropometric data collected by the Anthropological Survey of India on stature, sitting height and weight of 6663 adult males belonging to 22 castes were used for computation of BMI and Cormic index. The caste groups earning their living as labourers are found to be shortest (157?4?6?5 cm), and the caste group practising priesthood are tallest (168?6?6?6 cm). The prevalence of chronic energy deficiency is found to be highest (72%) among castes earning their living as daily wage labourers. The ANOVA on Cormic index and BMI suggests that people within the same occupational group are more homogeneous than those from different occupational groups. The ttest also supports the homogeneity of the same occupational group.
- Subjects
INDIA; INDIC castes; NUTRITIONAL requirements; JOB classification; SOCIAL status; SOCIAL adjustment; BODY mass index
- Publication
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2008, Vol 40, Issue 5, p697
- ISSN
0021-9320
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021932007002581