Emerging obesity among preschool-aged Canadian Inuit children: results from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Galloway, Tracey
  • Young, T. Kue
  • Egeland, Grace M.

• "Objectives: The study goal was to evaluate the growth status of preschool-age Canadian Inuit children. Study design: As part of a larger study of population health across the Canadian High Arctic, the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey collected growth and nutrition data on 388 children aged 3 to 5 years. Methods: Data collection included anthropometric measures, health history, food frequency and 24-hour recall. Height and BMI were compared with the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth reference (1); 24-hour recall and FFQ results were tabulated to produce daily and monthly frequencies of consumption of market and country foods." (as cited in abstract)

• Date created

  2010-04-26

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Inuit
  • Child
  • Growth
  • Obesity
  • Overweight
  • Preschool
  • Canada
  • Northern Canada
  • Arctic Regions

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-tzma-v638

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International