Publications

beja and nilotes: nomadic pastoralist groups in the sudan with opposite distributions of the adult lactase phenotypes.	lactose tolerance tests with breath hydrogen determination were performed on 585 apparently healthy adolescents and adults in the democratic republic of the sudan. out of the total, 303 probands belong to the tribal group beja, traditional nomadic pastoralists in the desert zone between the nile and the red sea. the 282 nilotes (mainly dinka) are members of seminomadic cattle breeding tribes in the south of the sudan. in both populations milk consumption is substantial but only in the beja true ...	1982	6810704
infant-feeding practices in urban and rural communities of the sudan.	infant-feeding and weaning practices were investigated in a multistage randomly selected sample of 1,039 sudanese mothers who represented six of the nine states of the sudan. the majority (77.9%) believed that breast milk was best for their babies, emphasizing the previously reported high breast-feeding rate in sudanese mothers. food supplementation started by 6 months in 82.5% mainly in urban middle and high classes (umc and uhc) compared to urban poor class (upc) and the rural group (rg; p < 0 ...	1994	7855919