Agricultural Transformation and Ontogeny in Rural Populations from the Yucatan Peninsula at the turn of the Century: Studying Linear Enamel Hypoplasias and Body Composition in Adolescents

Gurri, Francisco D.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27001-8_8

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“…Some have found employment in the maquiladoras that have sought low-cost labor in some municipalities of the state. In parallel, the rural Maya have gradually undergone a transition from agricultural production for self-consumption to small-scale commercial agriculture (40). These factors, together with the globalization of the markets, contributed to a substantial reduction in the food supply from the traditional production system and a consequent change in their dietary patterns (41).…”

Section: Historical Poverty and Recent Changes In Sociocultural Syste...mentioning

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Diabesity among the Yucatecan Maya. Metabolism, genotype, phenotype and considerations of the sociocultural environment and early development.

Lara-Riegos

Azcorra

2023

revbiomed

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Diabetes and obesity are diseases of relevance in the epidemiological context of Yucatan. The high coexistence and complex interaction between these pathologies have generated an initial characterization of the phenomenon called diabesity, however, it is necessary to resort to comprehensive theoretical frameworks that contribute to the understanding of this phenomenon. Diabesity is particularly relevant in the native population of Mexico. Taking the Maya from Yucatan as a case study, we propose that an ecological perspective of diabesity allows for the identification of the presence of factors at different scales of analysis that help to understand the phenomenon. In this article, we aim to analyze the phenomenon of diabesity in the context of the Yucatecan Maya population, given the demographic importance of this ethnic group in the country and due to the high prevalence of diabetes and obesity. In this descriptive review, we first describe the phenotypic and genotypic traits associated with diabesity; we then discuss the role of the sociocultural factors that have impacted the dietary pattern of the Maya and the available evidence regarding the phenotypic characteristics acquired during the early stages of development and their possible repercussions on metabolism and the presence of obesity and diabetes. Finally, we propose that the failure of insulin secretion and glucolipotoxicity are common factors and a possible unifying factor of diabesity among the Maya. For this purpose, we resort to primary sources of information, including original research articles and chapters from edited books about diabesity and socio-historical essays on the Maya population.

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Section: Historical Poverty and Recent Changes In Sociocultural Syste...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Diabesity among the Yucatecan Maya. Metabolism, genotype, phenotype and considerations of the sociocultural environment and early development.

Lara-Riegos

Azcorra

2023

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“…Specifically, they show that growth status is impaired when limitations are placed on basic resources such as adequate nutrition, sanitation, and health care (Bogin et al, 2002;Bogin & Loucky, 1997). Similarly, anthropological and epidemiological studies of developmental enamel defects in living populations most often report elevated prevalence rates in marginalized communities where maternal and childhood health are compromised by the sequelae of poverty, including malnutrition and infection (Chaves et al, 2007;Corrêa-Faria et al, 2013;Goodman et al, 1987;Goodman et al, 1991;Gurri, 2020;Gurri & Balam, 1992;Infante & Gillespie, 1974;Massoni et al, 2009;May et al, 1993;Sweeney et al, 1971). These examples illustrate a pathway in the biocultural stress model (Goodman et al, 1984;Goodman et al, 1988) in which structural forces-products of social structures-produce rather than buffer stress and are ultimately responsible for physiological insult manifest on the body as growth disruption, short stature, or dental lesions (Klaus, 2012;Schell, 1997).…”

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“…Studies of living populations in Latin America have found that enamel defect formation was associated with malnutrition (Chaves et al, 2007;Sweeney et al, 1971) and that nutritional supplementation may reduce the risk of LEH (Goodman et al, 1991;May et al, 1993). More recent studies of LEH and porotic cranial lesions in the Yucatán also consider the effects of globalization, including nutrition transitions, on dietary quality and nutritional status (Gurri, 2020;Tiesler et al, 2020). Childhood diets in Mexico and Central America have for decades been increasingly characterized by inexpensive, highly processed foods of low nutritional quality (Bogin et al, 2014;Leatherman & Goodman, 2005).…”

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Skeletal evidence of structural violence among undocumented migrants from Mexico and Central America

Beatrice

Soler

Reineke

et al. 2021

American J Phys Anthropol

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Objectives: We examine the prevalence and sociodemographic risk factors of skeletal indicators of stress in forensic samples of undocumented migrants from Mexico and Central America.Materials and methods: Cranial and dental remains of 319 migrants recovered in the Arizona and Texas borderlands were assessed for porotic hyperostosis (PH), cribra orbitalia (CO), and linear enamel hypoplasias (LEH). Logistic regression models for each condition were estimated to test for associations with biological sex, age, recovery location, and whether individuals were identified. Additional models estimated for a subsample of identified migrants included region of origin, residential context, and community indigeneity. Results:The full sample shows moderate crude prevalence of CO (9.6%) and LEH (34.1%), and a high prevalence of PH (49.6%). Significantly higher odds of PH are associated with being male (2.16 times higher), unidentified (1.89 times higher), and recovered in Arizona (3.76 times higher). Among identified migrants, we fail to find associations significant at the p < 0.05 level between skeletal stress and all sociodemographic variables except age.Discussion: The factors associated with PH may be related to influences on decisions to migrate and diversity among migrant sending regions. The skeletal evidence for early life stress is generally consistent with common public health concerns among impoverished communities in the region. The lesions themselves are viewed as embodied risk of physiological disturbance when resource access is structured by higher-level social, economic, and political forces. Forensic anthropologists would benefit from increased sensitivity to embodied structural violence among the vulnerable individuals and communities they serve.

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Consequences of Increased Dependence on Store Foods on Seasonal Macronutrient Intake and Gut Microbiota in Maya Mothers and Their 12- to 36-Month-Old Children

Gurri,

Peña-Ramírez,

Ruiz-García

et al. 2023

Human Growth and Nutrition in Latin American and Caribbean Countries

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Agricultural Transformation and Ontogeny in Rural Populations from the Yucatan Peninsula at the turn of the Century: Studying Linear Enamel Hypoplasias and Body Composition in Adolescents

Cited by 4 publications

References 66 publications

Diabesity among the Yucatecan Maya. Metabolism, genotype, phenotype and considerations of the sociocultural environment and early development.

Diabesity among the Yucatecan Maya. Metabolism, genotype, phenotype and considerations of the sociocultural environment and early development.

Skeletal evidence of structural violence among undocumented migrants from Mexico and Central America

Consequences of Increased Dependence on Store Foods on Seasonal Macronutrient Intake and Gut Microbiota in Maya Mothers and Their 12- to 36-Month-Old Children

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