Indigenous peoples' food systems : the many dimensions of culture, diversity and environment for nutrition and health / [edited by] Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Bill Erasmus, Dina Spigelski.

Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, 2009.

x, 339 pages, 38 pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and indexes.

Why are indigenous peoples' food systems important and why do they need documentation? / Harriet V. Kuhnlein -- Back to the future : using traditional food and knowledge to promote a healthy future among Inuit / Grace M. England [and others] -- The Nuxalk food and nutrition program, Coastal British Columbia, Canada : 1981-2006 / Nancy J. Turner [and others] -- Gwich'in traditional food for health : phase 1 / Harriet V. Kuhnlein [and others] -- Traditional food system of an Awajun community in Peru / Hilary Creed-Kanashiro [and others] -- Ingano traditional food and health : phase 1, 2004-2005 / Camilo Correal [and others] -- Documentation of the traditional food system of Pohnpei / Lois Englberger [and others] -- Traditional food systems of indigenous peoples : the Ainu in the Saru River region, Japan / Masami Iwasaki-Goodman, Satomi Ishii and Taichi Kaizawa -- Thailand : food system and nutritional status of indigenous children in a Karen community / Sinee Chotiboriboon [and others] -- Traditional food system of Dalit in zaheerabad region, Medak district, Andhra Pradesh, India / Buduru Salomeyesudas and Periyapatna V. Satheesh -- The Bhil food system : links to food security, nutrition and health / Lalita Bhattacharjee [and others] -- The Maasai food system and food and nutrition security / Shadrack Oiye [and others] -- The Igbo traditional food system documented in four states in southern Nigeria / Elizabeth C. Okeke [and others].