Bindon J R, Zansky S M
Ann Hum Biol. 1986 Mar-Apr;13(2):171-8. doi: 10.1080/03014468600008311.
The Samoan population affords an excellent opportunity to study the influences of modernization and migration on growth. Moreover, since Samoan adults in some settings have very high rates of obesity, the childhood precursors to obesity can be studied among Samoans. This study reports the results of a survey of 786 Samoan children between 5.5 and 11.5 years of age living in traditional, modern or migrant situations. It was found that the children from Western Samoa (traditional) were significantly shorter, lighter and lighter for height than their counterparts in American Samoa (modern) and Hawaii (migrant). The major influence on height and weight appears to be modernization (Western versus American Samoa), with migration (American Samoa versus Hawaii) playing only a small incremental role (significant only for weight among boys). The influences of modernization are likely to be exerted through changes in diet and activity among the children. Modernization and migration are associated with obesity among Samoan adults, and this pattern also seems to be established in preadolescents.
萨摩亚人群为研究现代化和移民对生长的影响提供了绝佳机会。此外，由于在某些环境中萨摩亚成年人的肥胖率非常高，因此可以在萨摩亚人中研究肥胖的儿童前期因素。本研究报告了对786名年龄在5.5至11.5岁之间、生活在传统、现代或移民环境中的萨摩亚儿童进行调查的结果。研究发现，来自西萨摩亚（传统环境）的儿童比美属萨摩亚（现代环境）和夏威夷（移民环境）的同龄人明显更矮、更轻，且身高体重比更低。对身高和体重的主要影响似乎是现代化（西萨摩亚与美属萨摩亚对比），而移民（美属萨摩亚与夏威夷对比）仅起了很小的增量作用（仅对男孩的体重有显著影响）。现代化的影响可能是通过儿童饮食和活动的变化来实现的。现代化和移民与萨摩亚成年人的肥胖有关，这种模式在青春期前儿童中似乎也已形成。
