Stratégies de subsistance et Perception des aliments des populations autochtones de Yakoutie arctique (Districts de Basse et de Moyenne Kolyma)

A study of food preferences of the indigenous peoples of Arctic Yakutia was conducted on a population sample consisting of 102 Evens, 52 Yakuts and 22 Chukchis. Responses recorded on analogue scales corresponding to 69 food items have been supplemented by blind tests concerning the perception of sol...

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Main Authors: Christian Malet, Boris Chichlo, Joëlle Robert-Lamblin, Claude-Marcel Hladik, Patrick Pasquet
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Language:English
Published: Société d'Anthropologie de Paris 2003-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/568
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author Christian Malet
Boris Chichlo
Joëlle Robert-Lamblin
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Patrick Pasquet
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description A study of food preferences of the indigenous peoples of Arctic Yakutia was conducted on a population sample consisting of 102 Evens, 52 Yakuts and 22 Chukchis. Responses recorded on analogue scales corresponding to 69 food items have been supplemented by blind tests concerning the perception of solutions of sucrose, sodium chloride, and PROP, to determine hedonic responses to salt and to sucrose (sweet likers vs. sweet dislikers) and the PROP status (tasters vs. non-tasters). Data were computed in relation to age, sex, ethnic groups and ecological factors. Subsistence patterns and food preferences appear to be related, and significant ethnic differences in mean preferences mirror the environmental and historical backgrounds of the various populations. Sensory factors, and notably the PROP status, do not appear as significantly determining food preferences.
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spellingShingle Christian Malet
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Stratégies de subsistance et Perception des aliments des populations autochtones de Yakoutie arctique (Districts de Basse et de Moyenne Kolyma)
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
gustatory perception
sucrose
sodium chloride
PROP
food preferences
aboriginal Arctic societies
title Stratégies de subsistance et Perception des aliments des populations autochtones de Yakoutie arctique (Districts de Basse et de Moyenne Kolyma)
title_full Stratégies de subsistance et Perception des aliments des populations autochtones de Yakoutie arctique (Districts de Basse et de Moyenne Kolyma)
title_fullStr Stratégies de subsistance et Perception des aliments des populations autochtones de Yakoutie arctique (Districts de Basse et de Moyenne Kolyma)
title_full_unstemmed Stratégies de subsistance et Perception des aliments des populations autochtones de Yakoutie arctique (Districts de Basse et de Moyenne Kolyma)
title_short Stratégies de subsistance et Perception des aliments des populations autochtones de Yakoutie arctique (Districts de Basse et de Moyenne Kolyma)
title_sort strategies de subsistance et perception des aliments des populations autochtones de yakoutie arctique districts de basse et de moyenne kolyma
topic gustatory perception
sucrose
sodium chloride
PROP
food preferences
aboriginal Arctic societies
url https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/568
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