Open AccessMalnutrition and Excess Mortality in Shangri‐La
Author(s) -
Noel W. Solomons
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
nutrition reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.958
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1753-4887
pISSN - 0029-6643
DOI - 10.1301/00296640260085967
Subject(s) - malnutrition , poverty , environmental health , infant mortality , juvenile , effects of high altitude on humans , geography , mortality rate , altitude (triangle) , demography , medicine , socioeconomics , population , biology , ecology , economic growth , sociology , geometry , mathematics , pathology , economics , meteorology
Populations living at high altitude in the Tibetan highlands suffer extraordinarily high rates of maternal mortality, infant and juvenile mortality, and infectious morbidity. Poverty and living condition, more than altitude, contribute to the adverse statistics. The traditional nomadic herders are the most affected among the residents. The question remains whether contemporary standards of adequate health and nutrition are compatible with the integral folkways of traditional tribal groups.