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A changing Hausa diet

P J Ross1, N L Etkin, I Muazzamu

  • 1Queens' Medical Center, Honolulu, USA.

Medical Anthropology
|December 1, 1996
PubMed
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Dietary patterns in a Nigerian village shifted over 12 years, with less local food and lower calorie intake, alongside new food introductions, reflecting economic integration. This may impact disease risk, particularly malaria.

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Area of Science:

  • Nutritional science
  • Epidemiology
  • Anthropology

Background:

  • Longitudinal dietary studies are crucial for understanding population health.
  • Rural Nigerian communities, like the Hausa-Fulani, face evolving nutritional landscapes.
  • Economic integration significantly influences food consumption patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze shifts in food consumption over 12 years in a rural Hausa-Fulani village.
  • To investigate the relationship between dietary changes and disease risk models.
  • To understand the impact of economic participation on local diets.

Main Methods:

  • Conducting two comprehensive dietary surveys 12 years apart.
  • Analyzing changes in the consumption of local cultigens and introduced foods.

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  • Comparing observed dietary patterns with a model of disease risk, including malaria periodicity.

    • Main Results:

    • Overall diet broad outlines remained stable, but significant shifts occurred.
    • A decline in local cultigen consumption led to decreased total caloric intake.
    • New foods were introduced, embellishing the diet over the study period.

    Conclusions:

    • Growing participation in the wider economy is a key driver of observed dietary shifts.
    • Seasonal dietary variations may have previously offered protection against malaria, a pattern that has changed.
    • The long-term health implications of these dietary changes require further investigation.