Receveur O, Kuhnlein H V
Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 1998;57 Suppl 1:219-21.
Data collected in 16 Dene/Métis communities are used to illustrate the many nutritional, economic, and sociocultural benefits associated with the harvest and consumption of traditional food by indigenous peoples. These include exceptional nutrient composition, absence of industrial processing that changes quality and taste properties, taste preference, reasonable cost compared to market food, quality of the time spent on the land, increased physical activity, sharing of the harvest within the community, opportunity to practice spirituality, and encouragement for children to discover the natural environment. The importance of traditional food to the health of individuals and communities can be directly related to the nutritional value of the food itself, the physical activity associated with its procurement, and its role in mediating positive health determinants such as self-efficacy and locus of control.
在16个德内/梅蒂斯社区收集的数据用于说明与原住民收获和食用传统食物相关的诸多营养、经济和社会文化益处。这些益处包括特殊的营养成分、不存在改变品质和口味特性的工业加工、口味偏好、与市场食品相比合理的成本、在土地上度过的时光的质量、身体活动增加、在社区内分享收获、实践精神信仰的机会，以及鼓励儿童探索自然环境。传统食物对个人和社区健康的重要性可直接与食物本身的营养价值、与其获取相关的身体活动及其在调节诸如自我效能感和控制点等积极健康决定因素方面的作用联系起来。
