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. 2020 Jul 22;17(15):5269. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155269

Table 2.

Summary of articles that quantified fish consumption in communities in the Brazilian Amazon.

Reference
Reference Local Year Population N Consumption (g/Day; Meals/Week; Daily Eat %)
Average (SD) Min-Max
[27] Monte Alegre/PA 1993–1995 Families 35 369
[28] Rio Madeira/RO 1991 and 1993 All ages 607 243 (135) 100–300
[29] Rio Cuiabá/MT 1995–1996 >12 153 110.4 (152.5) 20–372
[30] Maroni River, Community Wayana/French Guyana 1997 <1–14
Adults (15–45)
109
118
195 ± 9
372 ± 116
[31] Rio Negro/AM 1998–1999 Woman (1545–) 31 170.5 23–293
[32] Alta Floresta/MT 2000–2002 All ages 251 3–180
[33] Indigenous/PA Munduruku 249 30.0 (16.6)
Kayabi 47 110.4 (60.6)
[34] Rio Tapajós/PA 2003 Woman > 15 121 124 (65)
Men > 15 135 189.7 (105.5)
[35] Lago Puruzinho/PA 2005–2006 All ages 120 406 (204.1)
[36] Madeira River, Curiã Lake, Porto Velho 2009–2011 Grouped Villages Daily eat (%)
5.8%–57.7%
[37] Madeira River/RO 2015 All 51 34.29 7.1–330
Young 23 21.4 7.1–180
Woman 12 34.3 10–328.6
Adults (1549–) 28 51.1 10–330
[38] Community of Brasília Legal, Tapajós/PA 2004 Woman 46 4.9 Meals/week
Men 22 6 Meals/week
[39] Lower Amazon River
Trombetas River
Purus River
2006–2008 Families 85 416.39 (209.12)
183 490 (240.69)
54 469 (207.72)
[40] Tapajós River–Community of Barreiras/PA Men
(015–)
(1660–)
(5060–)
Woman
(015–)
(1660–)
(5060–)
 
28
21
55
 
26
40
17
Meals/week
15 ± 0
20 ± 1
20 ± 0
Meals/week
14 ± 0
20 ± 0
20 ± 0
[7] Middle Madeira River/RO 2009–2010 Grouped Villages 132 440 270–460