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

dc.contributor.authorSheehy, Tony
dc.contributor.authorRoache, Cindy
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Sangita
dc.contributor.funderAmerican Diabetes Associationen
dc.contributor.funderGovernment of Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services, Canadaen
dc.contributor.funderHealth Canadaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T14:36:31Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T14:36:31Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-02
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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.sponsorshipAmerican Diabetes Association Clinical Research (award 1-08-CR-57); Government of Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services, and Health Canada.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationSheehy, 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/10.1186/1475-2891-12-70en
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1475-2891-12-70
dc.identifier.endpage70-11en
dc.identifier.issn1475-2891
dc.identifier.journaltitleNutrition Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage70-1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3043
dc.identifier.volume12en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
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.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0en
dc.subjectFood portion sizesen
dc.subjectNutrition transitionen
dc.subjectInuiten
dc.subjectNunavuten
dc.subjectCanadian arcticen
dc.titleEating 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, Canadaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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