Food, Ecology and Culture Readings in the Anthropology of Dietary Practices Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology Series

First published in 1980. The following papers represent a selection of studies which provide such an insight into human food behavior during development. It is hoped that readers will be encouraged to participate in this new quest for knowledge. The time has surely come to document carefully the food practices of different societies. The authors? hope there will be similar and parallel attempts to evaluate the health and disease status so that the relationships between diet and disease may be clarified.

INTRODUCTION, Some Nutritional Aspects of the Philippine Tasaday Diet, Diet and the Tiruray Shift from Swidden to Plow Farming, New Guinea Sago Gatherers, Dimensions of Sandawe Diet, Diet of the Maoris of New Zealand, The Ecology of the Nutrition of the Bapedi, Sekhukuniland, Food, Illness and Folk Medicine: Insights from Ulu Trengganu, West Malaysia, Food Taboos of Childbirth: The Malay Example, Eskimo Story-knife Tales: Reflections of Change in Food Habits, The Determinants of Dairying and Milk Use in the Old World: Ecological, Physiological, and Cultural, Food Avoidances at Puberty and Menstruation in Tamilnad, Food Avoidances of Pregnant Women in Tamilnad, Food Avoidances during the Puerperium and Lactation in Tamilnad, The Sacred Cow and the Constitution of India, INDEX

John R.K. Robson Medical University o f South Carolina