Human capital, wealth, and nutrition in the Bolivian Amazon
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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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A separate Tsimane study similarly found that a human capital index was associated with greater adult BMI and body fat percentage, but that the magnitudes of the relationships were small.
“A separate Tsimane study similarly found that a human capital index was associated with greater adult BMI and body fat percentage, but that the magnitudes of the relationships were small [50].”
From Physical Activity and Modernization among Bolivian Amerindians (2013) · cites this paper as [50]
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- Authors
- Godoy, R., Reyes-García, V., Vadez, V., Leonard, W. R., Huanca, T., & Bauchet, J.
- Affiliations
- Brandeis University (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Godoy, Ricardo
- Venue
- Economics & Human Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 139-162
- ISSN
- 1570-677X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2083744380
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 14.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- papers.ssrn.com
- Locations
- Economics & Human Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- University of California, Davis
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Indigenous Health and Education
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Keywords
- human capital, wealth, nutrition, anthropometric indices, nutritional status, forager-horticulturalists, Tsimane, Bolivian Amazon, school education, diet quality, animal protein, medicinal plants, traditional knowledge, social inequality, social capital
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Agriculture, Anthropometry, Body Weights and Measures, Bolivia, Diet, Female, Humans, Indians, South American, Male, Middle Aged, Nutritional Status, Rural Population, Socioeconomic Factors
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