Food and nutrient intake practices and anthropometric data for 288 Cherokee High School students in grades eight through ten at Cherokee High School in Cherokee, North Carolina, were studied. / Anthropometric measurements included height, weight and triceps fatfold thickness. The data was compared to three population samples: urban Native Americans from Minneapolis, the United States Health Examination Survey (HANES) reference standards. The Cherokee, both males and females, tend to be similar in height to these three population samples; however, they are markedly heavier than their non-Indian peers and somewhat heavier than the Minneapolis Indians. The Cherokee difference in triceps fatfold is twofold. They have much greater fatfold values than their White, Black and Minneapolis peers. The greater fatfold thicknesses are compatible with the greater mean weights observed with the Cherokee. / Although the prevalence of obesity was high, an even greater percentage of the Cherokee adolescents indicated that they considered themselves "overweight". The method of choice for losing weight was a combination of diet and exercise; exercise alone was chosen more frequently than diet alone. Only a small percentage of the adolescents were able to correctly define "Calorie". A greater percentage of tenth grade students could correctly define the term than eighth or ninth grade students. / The food preference data indicated that pizza, french fries, fresh strawberries, fresh oranges, hamburgers, fry bread and carbonated beverages were chosen "everytime" or "most of the time" by 70 percent or more of the respondents. The least preferred foods were cooked carrots, liver, cottage cheese, broccoli and yogurt. Males and females differed significantly in their preferences for a substantial portion of the foods than the females. The "lean" and "fat" students differed significantly in their preferences for 10 percent of the foods listed. These foods were preferred more by the "lean" than the "fat" subjects. Few significant differences were observed for the eighth, ninth and tenth graders. / The consumption patterns of traditional foods indicated that there was high nonrecognition of traditional wild plants among the students and relatively little consumption of indigenous animals. / Nutrient and energy intake of the students was evaluated by using the 24-hour dietary recall and the food frequency method. The percentage of students having nutrient intakes below two-thirds of the Recommended Dietary Allowances as well as the mean intakes for both methods indicated that the most neglected nutrients for females were calcium and iron and vitamin A and iron for the males. Based on the 24-hour recall, the mean caloric intakes were not significantly different among the "lean" and "fat" subjects however the food frequency data indicated that the "fat" subjects consumed significantly more calories than the "lean" subjects. / Meal patterns indicated that breakfast was the most frequently missed meal, with females omitting this meal more than males. More eighth graders missed breakfast than ninth or tenth grade students. The majority of all of the students reported eating the noon and evening meal regularly. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-05, Section: B, page: 1731. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74198 |
| Contributors | STORY, MARY THERESE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 170 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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