Changes in weight status among "Ju/'hoansi" San hunter-gatherers between 1968/69 and 1987-The effects of nutritional transition, sex and age.

Published in: American journal of biological anthropology (2024)

The transition to domestic agricultural and westernized foods was positively associated with increasing BMI. Overweight, however, was still an extremely rare condition in this population in 1987.

Keyphrases

weight gain
body mass index
weight loss
physical activity
heavy metals
risk assessment
climate change