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Energy expenditure of male farmers in dry and rainy seasons in Upper-Volta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Thierry Brun ,
Fanny Bleiberg  and
Samuel Goihman
Thierry Brun
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherches sur la Nutrition et I'Alimentation, U. I. INSERM, Hôpital Bichat, 170 Bd Ney, 75018 Paris, France
Fanny Bleiberg
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherches sur la Nutrition et I'Alimentation, U. I. INSERM, Hôpital Bichat, 170 Bd Ney, 75018 Paris, France
Samuel Goihman
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherches sur la Nutrition et I'Alimentation, U. I. INSERM, Hôpital Bichat, 170 Bd Ney, 75018 Paris, France
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Abstract

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1. Thirty Mossi male farmers from Upper-Volta were investigated, twenty-three in the dry season (March-April) and sixteen in the rainy season (July-August), eight of them being studied twice. A 48 htime-and-motion study was carried out and the daily energy expenditure was computed.

2. The mean height was 1.70 m and the mean weight 58.5 kg. The average percentage of body fat calculated from skinfold thickness was 10.

3. During the dry season the subjects could be classified as very moderately active with an energy output of 10.1 MJ (2410 kcal)/d. By contrast, with an energy expenditure of 14.4 MJ (3460 kcal)/d, they were considered as exceptionally active in July-August when performing the agricultural work.

4. In this study we measured the intensity of physical work in a society where human labour is still the main tool of production. The determination of seasonal variations in energy expenditure may be useful to assess the nutritional requirements in arid zones of West Africa.

Type
Papers of direct to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 67 - 75
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1981

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