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Sheehy, Tony |
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Roache, Cindy |
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dc.contributor.author |
Sharma, Sangita |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-08-31T14:36:31Z |
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dc.date.available |
2016-08-31T14:36:31Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013-06-02 |
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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 |
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12 |
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dc.identifier.startpage |
70-1 |
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dc.identifier.endpage |
70-11 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1475-2891 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3043 |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1186/1475-2891-12-70 |
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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. |
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American Diabetes Association Clinical Research (award 1-08-CR-57); Government of Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services, and Health Canada. |
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application/pdf |
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dc.publisher |
BioMed Central |
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© 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. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 |
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dc.subject |
Food portion sizes |
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Nutrition transition |
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Inuit |
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Nunavut |
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Canadian arctic |
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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 |
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dc.type |
Article (peer-reviewed) |
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dc.internal.authorurl |
http://publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/D018/tsheehy |
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dc.internal.authorcontactother |
Tony Sheehy, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. +353-21-490-3000 Email: t.sheehy@ucc.ie |
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Full text available |
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Published Version |
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American Diabetes Association |
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Government of Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services, Canada |
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Health Canada |
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Peer reviewed |
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dc.identifier.journaltitle |
Nutrition Journal |
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dc.internal.IRISemailaddress |
t.sheehy@ucc.ie |
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