The Maori, behavior, modern diets and colorectal cancers.
Variation in diet and the rates of colorectal cancers have confounded researchers in recent years. Comparisons of populations in different geographic locations and of different ethnic origins have shown considerable differences in disease frequency, location and relation to diet. This paper revisits an earlier comparison of Maori rates of disease and diet based on data from 20 years ago with surprising changes in disease rates today.
Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA. cald@sfsu.edu
Niccolo
N
Caldararo
D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D003672:Defecation; D004032:Diet / Q000208:ethnology*; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D011187:Posture; D014554:Urination