Diabetes
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, September 1989, pp. 12-14
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Fact sheet on Diabetes.
Authors note that Canada’s new Healthy Eating Strategy does not address social determinants of health (childhood environments, gender, Indigenous status, income, education and occupation) as root causes of poor diet quality; they suggest that a reduction of diet inequities will require policy change.
Article is critical of the Harper government's decision to increase military spending at the expense of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC).
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