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The energy demands of the Eastern Finns were estimated with allowance for the anthropometric characteristics, environmental conditions, and characteristics of traditional nature use. It was found that their energy demands under the conditions of the traditional mode of life ranged from 2608 to 2957 kcal/day, which is much higher than the average caloric value of food of the modern population of the Russian Federation (2488 kcal/day). The carriage frequency of allele apoE*4, which ensures a more rapid and complete utilization of dietary fats, was studied in the samples of Komi-Zyrians, Komi-Izhems, Udmurtians, Meadow and Mountain Maris, and Komi-Permiaks. It was discovered that these people are characterized by a high, on the European scale, proportion of apoE*4 allele carriers (13–24% in the examined samples versus 8–14% in East Slavic groups). It is assumed that, until the beginning of the XX century, selection favored the preservation of sufficiently high concentrations of the apoE*4 allele in the populations of Eastern Finns, which allowed them to efficiently survive the periods of seasonal starvation and food shortage.
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Original Russian Text © A.I. Kozlov, E.D. Sanina, G.G. Vershubskaya, Yu.A. Ateeva, 2009, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 122–127.
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Kozlov, A.I., Sanina, E.D., Vershubskaya, G.G. et al. Energy demands and the mechanisms of lipid metabolism regulation in Eastern Finns eating the traditional diet. Hum Physiol 35, 765–769 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119709060140
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