Capacity for Work in the Tropics

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511666094

Working capacity is the physiological key to understanding man's ability, in technically less advanced communities, to exploit his environment, and hence to understanding his role in the ecological balance. In this volume the knowledge of working capacity in tropical populations is reviewed in a series of illustrative papers. Topics cover the measurement of working capacity in populations: the functional consequences of malnutrition; growth, size and muscular efficiency; ethnic differences in working capacity; energy; expenditure and endemic disease; and energy flow in tropical ecosystems. These papers and their ensuing discussions lead to a series of recommendations on studies to be incorporated in the Decade of the Tropics research programme of the International Union of Biological Sciences.

"For both its content and the research it may stimulate, this volume is of value to a wide audience of medical anthropologists for their professional research and teaching." Barry Bogin, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Preface
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Measurement of Working Capacity in Populations
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Work capacity: methodology in a tropical environment
pp 1-30
- By R. J. Shephard, School of Physical & Health Education and Department of Preventive Medicine and B iostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ventilatory capacity in tropical populations: constitutional and environmental influences
pp 31-50
- By J. M. Patrick, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University Medical School, Nottingham, U.K.L
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Is measurement of aerobic capacity a realistic objective?
pp 51-56
- By J. E. Cotes, University Department of Occupational Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
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Functional Consequences of Malnutrition
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Malnutrition, work output and energy needs
pp 57-76
- By R. Martorell, Food Research Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A., G. Arroyave, Food Research Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
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The role of working women in a rural environment when nutrition is marginally adequate: problems of assessment
pp 77-84
- By J. V. G. A. Durnin, S. Drummond, Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K.
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Defining anaemia and its effect on physical work capacity at high altitudes in the Bolivian Andes
pp 85-106
- By J. D. Haas, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A., D. A. Tufts, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A., J. L. Beard, Department of Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, US.A., R. C. Roach, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A., H. Spielvogel, Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura, La Paz, Bolivia
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Marginal malnutrition in childhood: implications for adult work capacity and productivity
pp 107-140
- By G.B. Spurr, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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Marginal energy malnutrition: some speculations on primary energy sparing mechanisms
pp 141-164
- By A. Ferro-Luzzi, National Institute of Nutrition, Rome, Italy
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Growth, Stature and Muscular Efficiency
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Growth, stature and fitness of children in tropical areas
pp 165-180
- By J. Ghesquiere, C. D'Hulst, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Instituut voor Lichamelijke Opleiding, Leuven, Belgium
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Ethnic and Socio-Cultural Differences in Working Capacity
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Genetics of working capacity
pp 181-192
- By D. F. Roberts, Department of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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Working capacity in different African groups
pp 193-204
- By J. Huizinga, Institute of Human Biology, State University at Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Environmental, genetic and leg mass influences on energy expenditure
pp 205-214
- By S. Samueloff, Department of Physiologyy H.U. Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Sociocultural influences on the working capacity of elderly Nepali men
pp 215-226
- By C. M. Beall, M. C. Goldstein, Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
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Energy Expenditure and Endemic Disease
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Malaria: working capacity in a holo- and mesoendemic region of Liberia
pp 227-234
- By E. Bengtsson, P. O. Pehrson, A. Bjorkman, J. Brohult, L. Jorfeldt, P. Lundbergh, L. Rombo, M. Willcox, A. Hanson, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Roslagstulls Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Schistosomiasis: field studies of energy expenditure in agricultural workers in the Sudan
pp 235-248
- By K. J. Collins, T. A. Abdel-Rahaman, M. A. Awad El Karim, Medical Research Council, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, U.K. 2 Department of Physiology, University of Juba, Juba, The Sudan. 9 Department of Community Medicine, University of Kuwait, Kuwait.
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Research Models in Tropical Ecosystems
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Biosocial consequences of illness among small scale farmers: a research design
pp 249-276
- By R. Brooke Thomas, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A., T. L. Leatherman, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A., J. W. Carey, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A., J. D. Haas, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
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The tea plantation as a research ecosystem
pp 277-288
- By D. J. Bradley, Ross Institute and Department of Tropical Hygiene, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, L. Rahmathullah, United Planters Association of South India, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, South India, R. Narayan, Community Health Cell, Bangalore, India
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Index
pp 289-297
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-viii

Measurement of Working Capacity in Populations

Work capacity: methodology in a tropical environment
pp 1-30

Ventilatory capacity in tropical populations: constitutional and environmental influences
pp 31-50

Is measurement of aerobic capacity a realistic objective?
pp 51-56

Functional Consequences of Malnutrition

Malnutrition, work output and energy needs
pp 57-76

The role of working women in a rural environment when nutrition is marginally adequate: problems of assessment
pp 77-84

Defining anaemia and its effect on physical work capacity at high altitudes in the Bolivian Andes
pp 85-106

Marginal malnutrition in childhood: implications for adult work capacity and productivity
pp 107-140

Marginal energy malnutrition: some speculations on primary energy sparing mechanisms
pp 141-164

Growth, Stature and Muscular Efficiency

Growth, stature and fitness of children in tropical areas
pp 165-180

Ethnic and Socio-Cultural Differences in Working Capacity

Genetics of working capacity
pp 181-192

Working capacity in different African groups
pp 193-204

Environmental, genetic and leg mass influences on energy expenditure
pp 205-214

Sociocultural influences on the working capacity of elderly Nepali men
pp 215-226

Energy Expenditure and Endemic Disease

Malaria: working capacity in a holo- and mesoendemic region of Liberia
pp 227-234

Schistosomiasis: field studies of energy expenditure in agricultural workers in the Sudan
pp 235-248

Research Models in Tropical Ecosystems

Biosocial consequences of illness among small scale farmers: a research design
pp 249-276

The tea plantation as a research ecosystem
pp 277-288

Index
pp 289-297

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