Sex Differences in Food Preferences of Hadza Hunter-Gatherers

Berbesque, Julia; Marlowe, Frank W.

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“…In conclusion, the "take home message" extrapolated from this systematic review, in strong accordance with other recent studies (Berbesque, 2009;Marino et al, 2011), is to stress the importance of considering a gender specific approach, both in terms of behaviour and of physiology, when addressing nutrition issues in research and in policy making. As a matter of fact, a more detailed informative basis would help the formulation of suitable monitoring programs in the research side, and an increasing effectiveness of policy interventions in respect of different population groups.…”

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“…The results of a study conducted on the Hazda, a tribe of human foragers living in Tanzania, also showed a sex differences in food preferences, with males preferring meat more and females preferring berries more (Berbesque, 2009). Overall, the most relevant differences according to gender in food choices in modern western societies, emerging from our literature review, were in the relationship between eating habits and health consciousness, and between eating behaviour and weight control.…”

Section: Key Determinants In Food Choice: a Gender Perspectivementioning

confidence: 84%

“…In Western societies the abundance and variety of foods to choose is extensive. Anthropological and sociological work has emphasized the meaning of food and eating in self and cultural definition (Berbesque, 2009;Counihan, 1999;Murcott, 1983;Vartaniana et al, 2007). This literature indicates that, as mentioned above, the importance of food and eating extends well beyond a the need of covering "physiological needs", playing a role in identity expression, communication, social interactions, as well as in delineating status and gender roles.…”

Section: Key Determinants In Food Choice: a Gender Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender Differences in Food Choice and Dietary Intake in Modern Western Societies

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Gender Differences in Food Choice and Dietary Intake in Modern Western Societies

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“…Three findings support the view that a physiological sex difference affects sweet preference in anthropoid primates: 1) Among the Hadza of Tanzania, hunter-gatherers who derive Ͼ90% of their energy from wild food, although honey was the most preferred food in both sexes, women preferred sweet berries more than meat, whereas men preferred meat more than berries (61). 2) A field study of wild Borneo orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) indicated that when sweet fruits were in season, males increased their intake about twofold (from 3,800 to 8,400 kcal/day), whereas females increased their intake about four-fold (from 1,800 to 7,400 kcal/day) (401).…”

Section: Sex Differences In Eating In Anthropoid Primatessupporting

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Sex differences in the physiology of eating

Asarian

Geary²

2013

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comp

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(HPG) axis function fundamentally affects the physiology of eating. We review sex differences in the physiological and pathophysiological controls of amounts eaten in rats, mice, monkeys, and humans. These controls result from interactions among genetic effects, organizational effects of reproductive hormones (i.e., permanent early developmental effects), and activational effects of these hormones (i.e., effects dependent on hormone levels). Male-female sex differences in the physiology of eating involve both organizational and activational effects of androgens and estrogens. An activational effect of estrogens decreases eating 1) during the periovulatory period of the ovarian cycle in rats, mice, monkeys, and women and 2) tonically between puberty and reproductive senescence or ovariectomy in rats and monkeys, sometimes in mice, and possibly in women. Estrogens acting on estrogen receptor-␣ (ER␣) in the caudal medial nucleus of the solitary tract appear to mediate these effects in rats. Androgens, prolactin, and other reproductive hormones also affect eating in rats. Sex differences in eating are mediated by alterations in orosensory capacity and hedonics, gastric mechanoreception, ghrelin, CCK, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), glucagon, insulin, amylin, apolipoprotein A-IV, fatty-acid oxidation, and leptin. The control of eating by central neurochemical signaling via serotonin, MSH, neuropeptide Y, Agouti-related peptide (AgRP), melanin-concentrating hormone, and dopamine is modulated by HPG function. Finally, sex differences in the physiology of eating may contribute to human obesity, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating. The variety and physiological importance of what has been learned so far warrant intensifying basic, translational, and clinical research on sex differences in eating.neuroendocrinology; estrogens; testosterone; eating disorders; obesity SEX DIFFERENCES ARE PERVASIVE in physiology and medicine (51,64,73,109,110,466,797,826). The controls of eating and energy homeostasis are no exceptions. It was observed approximately 100 years ago that removal of the ovaries leads to marked accretion of adipose tissue in rats (697), that daily food intake expressed as kilocalories per gram body weight differs between male and female rats (778), and that food intake varies regularly through the ovarian cycle in intact female rats (674, 779). Sex differences in eating have been the subject of physiological research ever since. The clinical relevance of this work is increasingly evident. In the United States, women are approximately threefold more vulnerable than men to psychiatric eating disorders (346,351) and approximately twofold more vulnerable to severe and morbid obesity (BMI Ն 35 and 40 kg/m 2 , respectively, mass/height 2 ) (226). Women also appear to suffer more from these disorders in terms of physical and psychological functioning and quality of life (24,84,273,292,465,531,762). The increased obesity burden suffered by women is reflected in the fact that Ͼ80% of bariatric surgery patients in the U...

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“…Nutritionally, honey contributes an important percentage of calories to the Hadza diet, and fondness of honey among the Hadza represents an important aspect of their relationship to the baobab tree. In their recent study, Berbesque and Marlowe (2009) document the Hadza ranking of their staple foods. They report both men and women ranked honey as number one and baobab as number two, but they differed on the relative position of meat and berries.…”

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The Uses of the Baobab Flower (Adansonia digitata L)

Rashford

2015

Ethnobot. Res. App.

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In the now extensive literature on the African baobab, the use of the flower is often overlooked or described as minimal. This paper presents a synthesis of the uses of the baobab flower that incorporates the results of my own fieldwork on the introduction and cultural significance of the baobab in Florida, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Fieldwork conducted over the past 30 years has involved locating, measuring, and photographing baobabs; observations on flowering and fruiting and such things as the size and shape of fruits and the number of seeds per fruit; and structured and unstructured interviews and community discussions to determine the cultural significance of the tree. In addition to publications and word of mouth, baobabs were also located by appeals to the public involving newspaper interviews and radio interviews. Although the uses of the baobab flower have yet to be documented in a manner comparable to other parts of the tree-especially the fruit, leaves, and bark-the present study shows it is far from being useless or of little use as some premature assessments would suggest. This initial summary is intended to encourage greater attention to the uses of the flower in the increasingly sophisticated research on the baobab that is now being done in Africa and elsewhere. ResumenEn la literatura del baobab africano, hoy en día extensa, el uso de la flor a menudo se pasa por alto o se describe como mínimo. Este artículo presenta una síntesis de los usos de la flor del baobab que incorpora los resultados de mis estudios en el campo relativos a la introducción y el significado cultural del baobab en Florida, el Caribe y en Brasil. El trabajo de campo realizado en los últimos 30 años se ha dedicado a localizar, medir y fotografiar baobabs; a hacer observaciones de la floración y la fructificación y de cosas como el tamaño y la forma de los frutos y el número de semillas por fruto; a llevar a cabo entPublished: 26 August 2015 revistas estructuradas y no estructuradas, así como conversaciones con la comunidad para determinar el significado cultural del árbol. Además de las publicaciones y referencias verbales, también se localizaron baobabs por medio de llamados al público en entrevistas radiales y en periódicos. A pesar de que los usos de la flor del baobab aún están pendientes de documentarse en forma comparable a las otras partes del árbol-especialmente el fruto, las hojas y la corteza-el presente estudio muestra que, contrario a lo que valoraciones prematuras sugieren, la flor está lejos de ser de poca o ninguna utilidad. Este extracto inicial pretende atraer más atención a los usos de la flor en la investigación del baobab, la cual es cada vez más sofisticada y que ya se realiza en África y en otras latitudes.

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Sex Differences in Food Preferences of Hadza Hunter-Gatherers

Cited by 75 publications

References 48 publications

Gender Differences in Food Choice and Dietary Intake in Modern Western Societies

Gender Differences in Food Choice and Dietary Intake in Modern Western Societies

Sex differences in the physiology of eating

The Uses of the Baobab Flower (Adansonia digitata L)

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