Abstract

VAZQUEZ SANCHEZ, Vanessa et al. LIFESTYLES OF FARMERS AND OCCASIONALLY FISHERMEN RESIDENTS IN YAGUAJAY, SANCTI SPÍRITUS, CUBA. Rev Arg Antrop Biol [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.2, pp.1-2.  Epub June 01, 2020. ISSN 1514-7991.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24215/18536387e017.

Fishing and agriculture require a high energy expenditure that influences lifestyles of populations that practice these activities. The goal of the paper is to compare eating habits, nutritional status and physical activity of 19 farmers and 14 occasionally fishermen of the municipality Yaguajay, Cuba. Questionnaires of frequency of weekly foods consumption were applied. The nutritional status was evaluated. The physical activity was determined using questionnaire IPAQ short version in a subsample that were measured again five months later in order to evaluate nutritional status. In both groups diet was characterized by high consumption of rice, beans and “viandas”. The fishermen had more consumption of fish and vegetables. In the second mensuration, fishermen increased in approximately one unit their percentage of body fat, while farmers lost 1 kg of weight approximately. 60% of fishermen were classified with a category of high physical activity and 40 % with medium, and for farmers the frequencies are of 88, 9% and 11, 1% respectively. It’s concluded that farmers do physical activity daily; while the selected fishermen fish occasionally also they had a healthier diet but they are more obese than farmers.

Keywords : fishermen; farmers; diet; nutritional state; physical activity.