Human capital, wealth, and nutrition in the Bolivian Amazon

Ricardo Godoy; Victoria Reyes-García; Vincent Vadez; William R Leonard; Tomás Huanca; Jonathan Bauchet

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2005.01.001

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Human capital, wealth, and nutrition in the Bolivian Amazon

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Human capital, wealth, and nutrition in the Bolivian Amazon

Ricardo Godoy, Victoria Reyes-García, Vincent Vadez, William R Leonard, Tomás Huanca and Jonathan Bauchet

Economics and human biology, Vol.3(1), pp.139-162

2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2005.01.001

PMID: 15722266

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Human capital

Indigenous populations

Bolivia

Anthropometrics

Latin America

Physical stature

Income inequality

Amerindians

Tsimane

Height

Amazon

Nutritional status

Wealth

We analyze anthropometric variables of a society of forager-horticulturalists in the Bolivian Amazon (Tsimane′) in 2001–2002. Community variables (e.g., inequality, social capital) explain little of the variance in anthropometric indices of nutritional status, but individual-level variables (schooling, wealth) are positively correlated with nutritional status. Dietary quality (foods high in animal proteins), access to foraging technology, and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants are related to better anthropometric indices.

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Title: Human capital, wealth, and nutrition in the Bolivian Amazon
Creators: Ricardo Godoy - Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA
Victoria Reyes-García - Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA
Vincent Vadez - Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA
William R Leonard - Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Tomás Huanca - Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA
Jonathan Bauchet - Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA
Publication Details: Economics and human biology, Vol.3(1), pp.139-162
Publisher: Elsevier B.V
Identifiers: 9923958262401921
Academic Unit: Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Human capital, wealth, and nutrition in the Bolivian Amazon

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