Acculturation and physical fitness of the male indigenes of the Ok Tedi region, Papua New Guinea

Abstract

Data on body composition, resting metabolic rate (RMR) and physical fitness was obtained on a group of Papua New Guineans undergoing rapid acculturation between September 1985 and June 1986. The population comprised 233 males representing the Wopkaimin, Ningerum and Awin ethnic groups. [Continues.