Medical Survey of Nutrition among the Northern Manitoba Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P.E. Moore
H.D. Kruse
F.F. Tisdall
R.S.C. Corrigan
Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, March 1946, pp. 223-233
Description
Study conducted by assessing records of purchases of staple food from the Hudson's Bay Company and physical examination of 400 individuals for diseases, concluded that malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies existed. Authors concluded characteristics of the "Indian race" such as"shiftlessness, indolence, improvidence and inertia" might be attributable to lack of suitable food.