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dc.contributor.author | Sheehy, Tony | |
dc.contributor.author | Roache, Cindy | |
dc.contributor.author | Sharma, Sangita | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-31T14:36:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-31T14:36:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-06-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sheehy, T., Roache, C. and Sharma, S. (2013) 'Eating habits of a population undergoing a rapid dietary transition: portion sizes of traditional and non-traditional foods and beverages consumed by Inuit adults in Nunavut, Canada', Nutrition Journal, 12:70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-70 | en |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 70-1 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 70-11 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1475-2891 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3043 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1475-2891-12-70 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: To determine the portion sizes of traditional and non-traditional foods being consumed by Inuit adults in three remote communities in Nunavut, Canada. Methods. A cross-sectional study was carried out between June and October, 2008. Trained field workers collected dietary data using a culturally appropriate, validated quantitative food frequency questionnaire (QFFQ) developed specifically for the study population. Results: Caribou, muktuk (whale blubber and skin) and Arctic char (salmon family), were the most commonly consumed traditional foods; mean portion sizes for traditional foods ranged from 10 g for fermented seal fat to 424 g for fried caribou. Fried bannock and white bread were consumed by >85% of participants; mean portion sizes for these foods were 189 g and 70 g, respectively. Sugar-sweetened beverages and energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods were also widely consumed. Mean portion sizes for regular pop and sweetened juices with added sugar were 663 g and 572 g, respectively. Mean portion sizes for potato chips, pilot biscuits, cakes, chocolate and cookies were 59 g, 59 g, 106 g, 59 g, and 46 g, respectively. Conclusions: The present study provides further evidence of the nutrition transition that is occurring among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic. It also highlights a number of foods and beverages that could be targeted in future nutritional intervention programs aimed at obesity and diet-related chronic disease prevention in these and other Inuit communities. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | American Diabetes Association Clinical Research (award 1-08-CR-57); Government of Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services, and Health Canada. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en |
dc.rights | © 2013 Sheehy et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 | en |
dc.subject | Food portion sizes | en |
dc.subject | Nutrition transition | en |
dc.subject | Inuit | en |
dc.subject | Nunavut | en |
dc.subject | Canadian arctic | en |
dc.title | Eating habits of a population undergoing a rapid dietary transition: portion sizes of traditional and non-traditional foods and beverages consumed by Inuit adults in Nunavut, Canada | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
dc.internal.authorurl | http://publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/D018/tsheehy | en |
dc.internal.authorcontactother | Tony Sheehy, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. +353-21-490-3000 Email: t.sheehy@ucc.ie | en |
dc.internal.availability | Full text available | en |
dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
dc.contributor.funder | American Diabetes Association | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Government of Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services, Canada | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Health Canada | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Nutrition Journal | en |
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dc.internal.IRISemailaddress | t.sheehy@ucc.ie | en |