Relationship Between Food Plant Knowledge and Health of Rural Dwellers: A Case Study of Kampung Peninjau Lama, Bau District, Sarawak, Malaysia

Abstract

This study is part of a bigger pilot project entitled “Food plants diets among villagers in Kampong Peninjau, Bau District and relationships with health”, which aims “to document the broad range of disappearing indigenous local food plant knowledge among the Bidayuh in Bau District. The general objective of this subset study is to determine the health status of the people in Kampong Peninjau, Bau District and to see if there is any relation to the main study.