Human-Environment Interactions: Yoruba Dietary Pattern as strategy

The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria exploits a wide range of resources in the quest for susteinance,nourishment and survival.These resources featured prominently in their dietary complexes and cultural manifestations. This paper throws light on some of the these as well as changes in the dietary pattern occassioned by cultural contacts and modernity.

Studies carried out in selected cities of Southwestern Nigeria revealed a pattern of maintaining equilibrum with the environment while archival and other historic sources gave insights to the food items introduced to the Yoruba dietary complexes.