Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Nutriton of Tibetan Women

Bera, Sanjuka. “Food and Nutrition of The Tibetan Women in India”.  Anthropologist (2004). 6(3): 175-180.

The paper discusses how human diet differs in quantity and composition depending on climatic regions. Most often diet depends on the variation of crops in season but interestingly enough sometimes it is based on dietary habits. By looking at nutritional status, observing intake of nutrients with its utilization, you can identify individual or regional risks due to malnutrition. Bera looks at Tibetan refugee women to examine food habits and nutritional status by recording quantity of food consumed.

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