Fish consumption and socio-economic factors among residents of Arkhangelsk city and the rural Nenets autonomous area

The urban Russian and the rural Indigenous populations in the Russian European North have different lifestyles, living conditions and food supplies. The objective of this study was to investigate and compare fish consumption in relation to the socio-economic characteristics of communities in Arkhangelsk County. This is a cross-sectional study. In total, 166 adults (83.1% women) from Arkhangelsk city and 134 adults (80.6% women) from the village of Nelmin-Nos (of which 88.9% are Indigenous people, Nenets), in the Nenets Autonomous Area (NAO), attended a health screening. The screening included a physical examination, blood sampling and a questionnaire. The populations studied had different socio-economic characteristics. In the rural NAO group, education levels were lower, the number of full-time employees was less, the percentage of persons with low monthly income was higher and the number of children per household was higher when compared to the Arkhangelsk group. The median total fish intake was 48.8 g/day for Arkhangelsk city and 27.1 g/day for Nelmin-Nos (p=0.009). Locally caught whitefish constituted a major part of the total fish consumption in Nelmin-Nos, while lean marine fish species were rarely eaten. Cod and cod-family fish species were often consumed by residents of Arkhangelsk city (p<0.001). Fish consumption was positively related to monthly income. The frequency of fishing in the respondents from the Nelmin-Nos group predicted their fish consumption. Monthly income had a significant influence on fish intake in both study populations from Northern Russia. Fishing seems to be an important factor for predicting fish consumption in the residents of the rural NAO

Идеи и ценности: Британия и Россия в эпоху перемен

Статья посвящена сопоставительному анализу когнитивно-риторических стратегий выдающихся британских и русских интеллектуалов в условиях системного кризиса «переходной эпохи» в процессе формирования культурной/имперской/национальной идентичности в Британии и России XVII–XVIII вв. Авторы сосредоточены на выявлении семантического сдвига в культурном коде формировавшихся британской и русской идентичностей на материале полемических трудов, проповедей и травелогов XVII–XVIII вв. Историко-компаративный подход, предлагаемый авторами, выявляет в качестве «золотого сечения» культурного кода ценностную шкалу, которая претерпевает в напряженном интеллектуальном дискурсе кардинальные изменения в ситуации распада универсальной картины мира и формирования новых представлений о человеке, обществе и государстве. Исследование демонстрирует известную близость логики изменений и драматические коллизии, сопровождающие мыслителей в переходное время. Авторы не стремятся сгладить противоречия в современной историографии темы, предлагая собственное видение эпохи

Fish consumption and socio-economic factors among residents of Arkhangelsk city and the rural Nenets autonomous area

The urban Russian and the rural Indigenous populations in the Russian European North have different lifestyles, living conditions and food supplies. The objective of this study was to investigate and compare fish consumption in relation to the socio-economic characteristics of communities in Arkhangelsk County. This is a cross-sectional study. In total, 166 adults (83.1% women) from Arkhangelsk city and 134 adults (80.6% women) from the village of Nelmin-Nos (of which 88.9% are Indigenous people, Nenets), in the Nenets Autonomous Area (NAO), attended a health screening. The screening included a physical examination, blood sampling and a questionnaire. The populations studied had different socio-economic characteristics. In the rural NAO group, education levels were lower, the number of full-time employees was less, the percentage of persons with low monthly income was higher and the number of children per household was higher when compared to the Arkhangelsk group. The median total fish intake was 48.8 g/day for Arkhangelsk city and 27.1 g/day for Nelmin-Nos (p=0.009). Locally caught whitefish constituted a major part of the total fish consumption in Nelmin-Nos, while lean marine fish species were rarely eaten. Cod and cod-family fish species were often consumed by residents of Arkhangelsk city (p<0.001). Fish consumption was positively related to monthly income. The frequency of fishing in the respondents from the Nelmin-Nos group predicted their fish consumption. Monthly income had a significant influence on fish intake in both study populations from Northern Russia. Fishing seems to be an important factor for predicting fish consumption in the residents of the rural NAO